Bloody Mary

Y/N

I'm honestly impressed with myself.

Almost a month ago, I was a convicted felon from Elemiras about to be executed for refusing a marriage proposal. I had to flee my home with a creature that I have always been taught to fear who was actually really kind, just a little scared himself. That creature then took me to his king so we could help each other, I would tell the King about the mistreatment of Boos in Elemiras and he would help me stay alive long enough to free Elemiras from the Larsens. Except it didn't work out that way. No, King Boo had to charm me for my entire stay in Evershade Valley, it's his fault I'm in love with him.

Of course, all good things must come to an end. The minute King Boo told me that Adam was on his way back to Evershade Valley I knew that my time in Evershade Valley was coming to an end. I was both overjoyed and saddened because I wanted to help Elemiras but I didn't know when I could visit Evershade Valley again. It was conflicting and that conflict distracted me enough to make mistakes, I got kidnapped because I got distracted when I should have stayed focused. Yes, I know that I'm not being rational, how could have I known that someone was going to kidnap me while I was staying with King Boo? I suppose I feel like I should have known better than to let my guard down like that, after all, I am a convict from Elemiras with a large bounty on my head.

I need to be more careful.

Snare snaps me out of my thoughts with a sharp poke to the base of my skull. It hurts and I cry out because of it, gaining some odd looks from Anne and Katherine next to me.

"Is everything alright, Y/N?" Katherine asks me, raising a brow.

"Yeah," I sigh, rubbing the back of my neck, "Snare just decided that I needed a reality check."

"Are you blaming yourself again?" Anne scolds, popping up right next to me. "You had no control in that situation, Y/N, don't beat yourself up about it."

"Still doesn't make me feel like I could have done something," I say, biting the inside of my cheek.

"But you did do something."

"And that something killed someone." I clamp my mouth shut, realizing that I shouted that last statement. Taking a deep breath, I continue forward with Anne and Katherine hot on my trail. "If I didn't let my guard down, I probably could have stopped the abduction. Maybe then Arthur wouldn't be dead and Luciel wouldn't have been a fugitive." 

If there is one thing I regret more than killing Arthur, it's that Luciel got away and I couldn't help. Apparently, Mario and Luigi looked around the Secret Mine for hours trying to find her, but she just slipped away like it was no one's business. The King had search parties made with capable Boos and Spirits look all throughout Evershade Valley for Luciel, they even went to her parents' land to see if she hid there.

We make our way down the halls silently, working our way up to King Boo's study. Really the only reason why he's there is that I told him that I didn't need him next to me while the physician, an old doctor who recently passed from a tragic car accident, stitched me up. He needed to get everything sorted out for the search parties anyway, I could handle being in a doctor's office alone. King Boo reluctantly agreed but said that he'd ask for two of the Queens to wait outside until the doctor was sure I was okay, then they'd accompany me to King Boo's study and fill me in on what's been happening. I was in that room for an hour before the doctor was able to get started on stitching me up, one can imagine how long it took to make sure my hypothermia passed and that my gash wasn't infected. During that time, I wanted nothing more than to speak to Adam but King Boo said that I could talk to him when I was feeling better and to meet the both of them in his study.

"Ah, Miss L/N, Mz. Aragon, and Mz. Boleyn," Mr. Riel greets us as we approach. "How have the last few hours been for you ladies?"

"Worrying," Katherine says, glancing at me. Anne agrees with a small nod,