The Protector

Chapter Seventeen: The Will To Fight

Victoria encarrassed her across from one another. Neither one making the first move and not wanting give up their ground. Shawn stood in between them waiting for the next attack.  Despite his best efforts, there seem to be no calming either one of them down. They had too much pent up frustration and  needed to settle this. Shawn,  Of course knew that Gabriel would have already been broken this up. He would have never let them fight to begin with because he knew they would tear each other to shreds. And while Shawn wanted to help, he also wasn't cut out for this sort of thing.
"  You know, you seem to have such a high opinion of yourself"  Kara calls out to Victoria. "   And yeah you're right, you do have a history with Gabriel but that doesn't mean shit. Because again, this is all about his choice. But let's be honest, to you you just don't like the thought of having any type of competition. Anything to stand in your way of getting what you want. Which I'm pretty sure at this point is just being acknowledged as a Queen. Do you for some reason think that being a Queen is somehow going to make your life more valuable and more important? Do you think that somehow by being next to Gabriel you are somehow going to seem more Appreciated? Because no matter what title you have and no matter who you stand next to, people are gonna judge you by the actions that you do. And I get the feeling that you are a wicked fucking asshole. So I'm pretty sure most people are not going to approve of you no matter what you do" Kara  Yet felt confident in these words. She had felt this for so long about Victoria. She knew there was something off about her even though she doesn't have viable proof. She felt like she would cause more harm to Gabriel than she would bring good to him.
" Are you fucking kidding me?  I have done everything to keep the Kingdom from falling apart" Victoria snaps back. "  I have stepped up to places that I never should have had to. I've had to do things that I never wanted to do. I have had to go without for so long. And no, it's not about a title for me. I've been in love with Gabriel almost every since I met him. And being away from him only strengthened those feelings. He is my mate. And I don't know entirely that he will choose me. If you want the truth, he probably won't. But that doesn't make the love that I have for him any less real. And that doesn't make the fascination that you have with him somehow more important than my love for him. You known him for a Long time.  You got to spend years with him which is time that I have to make back up.  You go on about how much of a friend he is to you. And how much of a friend you are to him. But he was my friend first. And he is my first and only love. And I've never gotten to tell him that. Because he was with you" Victoria growls as she prepares herself to lunge. "  You make me fucking sick" Victoria jumps high into the air and comes down on Kara who gets knocked down hard. She tries to fight back against Victoria who over powers her. Victoria smiles and laughs hysterically as she begins punching Kara repeatedly in the face. Over and over and over again. Dozens of times. Breaking her nose, brushing her eyes. Knocking Kara completely unconscious. Shawn steps foward and grabs Kara by her shirt and throws her back on the desert sand and snaps his fingers, teleporting Kara back home where Queen Aurora is pacing.
" OH MY GODS. WHAT HAPPENED? " She ran to Kara's side as Shawn explains what happened. "  Well don't worry, I'm gonna make sure the Cara is OK. You need to go back and make sure that Gabriel is OK. And also let him know that I'm sorry, I was going to send aid to him tomorrow.  Kara had talked to me and made me see reason." Shawn nodded and before he leaves her looks down at Aurora. " It is sad that an 18 year old had to teach a mother and a Queen how to do the right thing " and with that Shawn dissapears. Leaving Aurora to tend to Kara.

Whilst he would love to check on Gabriel, he promised that he wouldn't.. He knew Gabriel could handle himself and was more so concerned with the fact that he let the fight happen to begin with. Instead he would keep his promise as best as he could by watching our Victoria to make sure she didn't do anything else that was stupid. He arrived his back to where Victoria was originally during the fight with Kara but finds that she is gone. Though he can see her footprints in the sand and begins to follow them.