Dearly Detested

Chapter 3

Finally Jed lets my face go, giving me the ability to finally look over at Lex. I see his body, lay limp on the ground with a pool of blood forming around him. I watch a sword get pulled out of his body, and one of the men laughed as blood dripped down the sword. I could feel myself loosing stomach at the grotesque image. I wipe my mouth after about a minute, and look up with tears in my eyes at Jed. "Please, please don't kill me. I don't want to die like how my brother has. I'll do anything" I say through broken breath to the prince towering above me. "Now how can I resist you when you sound like that?" Jed said, looking down on me. "Men, lets go." He said, his men nod. Jed grab's my arm, and lifts me up. "You are coming with me, don't even think about trying to run" He stated, grabbing onto my arm pulling me behind him. I walked past Lex's body, my slippers became stained with red. 

I follow behind Jed, trying to keep up with him as his knights follow quickly behind us. All around the outside I see destruction and death. 'Oh how we have fallen'. I approach a wagon outside, and step into it after him. "This is going to be a long ride, get comfortable" Jed said, putting his legs up onto a leg rest. I was sat next to him, as the horses took us away from my kingdom. "What are you going to do with me?" I questioned after about an hour, staring at him seeing his eyes closed shut. Silence, no answer. Not a single word, the ignorance! Then I realized his breathing was steady, he must be asleep. 

Not being able to stop myself from admiring him, I watched the sun glare off of his face. Highlighting his features, how can one person be so beautiful? But at the same time when I look at him, I get a shiver down my spine. This situation I'm in, is their anyway to get out of it? He told me not to run, we are alone in this cart. I could end it all right here, make sure he doesn't hurt me. So what's stopping me? Why won't I kill him, he killed my brother, he killed my people. But theirs something stopping me, I couldn't hurt him. He looks so peaceful, I have yearned to be at peace like that. I put my feet up next to his, and rest against his shoulder. I drift away to sleep, putting my scattered mind to rest.