Forbidden Love

~chapter 22~

I fell to the ground, but not in the direction that I thought I would fall. Octavia missed me, flying across in front of me instead. When I hit the floor, I looked up to see Oliver's secret lover, Andrew. He'd sprinted to the table and pushed over my chair, crashing on top of me.

More guards yelled out orders. Shots were fired, and the sickening pops filled my ears. It was pure chaos.

"Are you hurt, Your Highness?" Andrew asked quickly over the commotion. I think I nodded my head. "Don't move."

I watched as he stood and took aim. He fired several shots. It looked as though more rebels were trying to close in on us, but thanks to Andrew they failed. After a quick survey, he popped down again. "You stay here, I'm going back to help the others." And with that he ran off.

It was starting to get quieter. People must be leaving now. Or dying.

I looked around the room only to notice a very still leg hanging out from behind a knocked over table. Oh, God! Octavia!

I quickly crawled over to the table, not caring about the condition of my dress, to find Octavia heavily breathing, a large dark red stain growing across her dress. There was a bullet wound on her left side, and it looked very serious.

"Oh Octavia, you idiot why must you be so reckless," I cried. Unsure of what to do, I balled up the hem of my dress and pressed it against the wound. She wince a bit. "I'm so sorry."

She reached her hand over and covered mine. "No, I'm sorry," she started, "I shouldn't have gotten so upset with you nor should I have I been so reckless."

"We can talk about this later. Just focus on staying alive ok?"

"Look at me Seraphine."

I blinked a few times and pulled my gaze up to her eyes. Through the pain, she smiled at me. "Break my heart. Break it a million times if you'd like. It was only ever yours to break."

"Octavia.. don't say things like that." I urged.

"I will love until my very last breath. Every beat of my heart is yours. I don't want to die before telling you that."

"Please don't," I choked, hot tears rolling down my cheeks.

She took her hand off of mine and placed it on my cheek. The presure was light, but it was enough for me to know what she wanted. I leaned down to kiss her. This kiss was every kiss we have shared, all of the uncertainty, all of the hope.

"Don't give up Octavia. I love you, please don't give up."

She took a shakey breath in. Just then, Andrew slid behind the table, and I sqealed in fear before I realized it was him. "Oliver and Seraphine's parents are in a safe room, Your Highness," Andrew said. "Your turn. Can you stand?"

She shook her head. "A waste of time. Take Seraphine instead."

"But Your Highness--"

"That's an order, Officer Hiner." She said as forcefully as she could.

Octavia and Andrew stared at each for a long second.
"Yes, Your Highness."

"No! I won't go!" I insisted.

"You will go," Octavia said, sounding tired.

"I'm not leaving!"

Ignoring me, she looked towards Andrew, "Whatever it takes, she lives."

Andrew nodded and grabbed my arm and started pulling me away.

"No! Octavia please!" I cried.

"I love you Seraphine," she breathed, squeezing my hand one last time as Andrew continued pulling me away.

As we got to the door we came to a stop. "Your Highness, you have to be quiet now or else they'll hear you. The sooner I get you to a safe room, the sooner I can go back for Octavia." I nodded in response. "Ok, stay low and quiet," he said, pulling out his gun and pulling me out into the hallway.

It was a tense few minutes of ducking into corners and checking safe rooms that were already taken and locked.

We came to a dead end hallway, and Andrew starting  reaching for the lock of another safe room. Mercifully, it opened.

"Andrew.. can you please stay with me? I can't do this by myself."

"I'm sorry Your Highness but you have to. You have to be safe for all the people that need you. And... I need you to do something for me."

"What is it?"

He shifted in his feet. "If something happens to me, I need you to tell—"

A gun fired and the bullet flew past us hitting the wall. Not a second later, Andrew pushed me into the safe room and slammed the door shut, leaving me all alone in the dark.

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Prodigal Child

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