Oh, Anna

chapter 3

warning: non consentual touching xoxo

As we walked into the castle I saw Luna walking towards us. Luna had replaced their signature goofy smile with a stone-cold expression. I could tell that Cass gave her a stern lecture while me and Anna were gone about this. Cass introduced Jacob to our younger sister, the latter giving a formal hello back. Cass was now walking behind me and my guard while Luna was now in charge of entertaining the prince as we walked. I heard my older sister mumbling to herself about how she could already tell something bad was going to happen. I turned my head to slightly face her, catching her attention. I gave her a reassuring smile, in which she reciprocated. I turned back and continued to walk down the corridor.

"Do you mind if me and Sky go into a room to talk," Jacob asked, which caused all of us to stiffen. "I do not see a problem with that," Will said shakily. "As long as Anna can accompany me, I do not see a problem," I said wringing my hands as I looked up at the mentioned guard. Her eyes soften and she nodded. Jacob's eyes showed annoyance but sighed and replied with a reluctant 'fine'. I looked back at my siblings and gave one last hopeful smile before escorting Jacob and Anna to the meeting room.

"Anna can wait out here," Jacob said as he was about to close the door in her face. However, Anna quickly caught the door with her hand and proceeded to walk into the room. "Does she ever follow orders," Jacob asked, glaring at Anna. "Yes," I replied, "she is just not following your orders because she is not your guard." Jacob rolled his eyes and walked to the center of the room. "If you're that uncomfortable with her I can ask her to wait by the door, but she will stay in the room. No negotiations," I sighed as I crossed my arms. Lucas nodded and I turned to Anna. She sent me a cautious look and I smiled. "I will be fine," I muttered to her, "just keep an eye out for the signal. I trust that you will come to my rescue if necessary." I could tell she was smiling under her helmet due to the crinkles on the sides of her eyes. She nodded and walked to the door as I turned to face Jacob and walked towards him.

"What did you wish to discuss," I asked Jacob as politely as I could. "Well," he started, "I wanted to discuss our marriage." I looked at him with disbelief as I replied with an, "I am sorry what." Jacob chuckled darkly, "you know, what our life would be like once we got married. Laws that would be put in place, heirs that we would have, stuff like that."

"I am sorry, but I haven't even agreed to marry you in the first place," I replied, "and you are going on with having children."

"You are aware that if you decline we will not hesitate to go into war again," Jacob questioned as he put a hand on my cheek, "and I know you don't want that." I quickly swatted his hand away and took a step back. "Please don't touch me," I requested politely as I moved my hands to my back, holding my right hand with my left. "Oh come on, doll," he said as he put one of his hands on my waist. I quickly put my right wrist into my left hand, and I could hear the sound of Anna's armor marching towards us. Jacob removed his hands from my waist when Anna put a hand on my shoulder and gently pushed me behind her. "What the hell man," the tall prince sneered as he looked up at Anna. "We will be leaving now," I said as I began to walk away. Jacob quickly grabbed my wrist tightly, causing me to wince. I turned and saw Anna tightly grabbing Jacob's wrist and jerked it away, holding my forearm gently. What happened next left me in shock.

"We will be leaving now," was all Anna said as she guided me out of the room, keeping a protective hand on my shoulder. She escorted me out of the room and down the corridor until we were a safe distance away from the meeting room. Once we stopped, she removed her gauntlet and set it on the ground. She then gently held the arm that Jacob grabbed and examined it for any injury. Her warm calloused hand running over my wrist as if I was a newly found artifact, apologizing softly everytime I would give any signs of pain. "Let's get you back to Will, he will know what to do better than I do," Anna said as she put her gauntlet back on. She put a hand back on my shoulder and continued to escort me down the corridor.

It wasn't long until we found Luna and Will talking in the hallway. As we approached them, they turned to us and greeted us. "How did it go," my sister asked. I held my arm out to Anna and she gently rolled down the sleeve to show the slowly bruising wrist Jacob caused. I thanked her and held it out and showed it to them. "I did what I could, but I was unable to make an accurate assessment. I thought I should bring it to you to examine it aswell." Anna said as she looked at Will. He nodded and gently hold my wrist, examining it with caution. I looked at Luna and I could tell that they were pissed. "It looks like it is only a bruise," Will said as he released my wrist. I moved my hand back to my guard, and she gently rolled down the sleeve. I thanked her once again as Cass and the King of the Kithage Republic joined in on the conversation.

"Where is Jacob," Cass asked as they joined the group. "Right fucking here," said the unpleasant prince as he stomped towards us. I was quickly pushed behind Luna and Anna as Jacob approached the group. I knew that I could handle myself just fine, but I was not in the correct attire to do so. "What is going on," asked Jacob's father. "Your son hurt my sister," Luna snapped back. I gently grabbed her shoulder in attempts to calm her down. "It was her fault she shouldn't have walked away," Jacob sneered. If it wasn't for Will grabbing Luna's bicep, they would have made the prince's death slow and painful. "You shouldn't have made me uncomfortable, I told you not to touch me," I said. It was now Cass' turn to be held back by Will. I could hear her yelling profanities at Jacob while Will held her back, Luna and the Kithage king sending eachother comments on each of their children's behaviour, and Jacob could be heard making hateful comments towards Anna. It was utter chaos. I tugged at Anna's hand, getting her attention. She looked down at me with serious eyes that softened when she saw that it was only me. "Can we leave by chance," I asked. She nodded, looking at Will who noticed us having conversation in midst of the arguing and nodding at us. As we walked away, I could hear Jacob yell a couple more profanities before I heard a punch from who I could only assume came from Luna.

"I know a place where you should feel safe," Anna said softly as she guided me through the halls. Before I knew it, we arrived at a guard tower. Anna opened the door and I walked in, Anna following shortly behind. I heard rustling above me before I heard, "Drother, look who's here." I look up to see a beautiful blue haired woman standing on top of the stairwell. Eventually a teenage boy, rather than a man, who I assumed was Drother popped his head through the doorway. He had short hair, white as a snowflake. "Anna, what are you doing here, who is this," the teenage boy asked as he walked down the staircase behind the smurf girl. "Sky, meet Verchus and Drother, Ver has been my friend for years and Drother is my brother," Anna explained once the two reached the bottom of the stairs. "Wait, you brought the princess here," Verchus asked in disbelief. Anna nodded, causing the woman to let out a sigh. "Anna said that it would be safe here," I started as I looked at the two of them, "is this incorrect information?" Verchus and Drother began to deny the information profusely as I giggled, looking at their panicked state. "It will be great to get to know both of you while we wait for the Kithage family to take their leave," I said as I looked up at Anna. She nodded, and once again I could see the sides of her eyes crinkle, signaling that she was smiling. I could tell that I was going to have fun with the three of them. 

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