The Kingdoms Arrangement [H.S]

XIII

***** Kit's POV*****

I swiftly close the window and lock it, my breath hitching as I hear a couple of knocks on my door. "Crap." I whisper to myself, rummaging to pick up the clothes they left and find a place to hide at the end of my bed. I cannot believe I came here for my brother to marry and ended up finding someone for myself too. I push the negative thoughts of my fathers reaction when he finds out. I chuckle to myself, imagining them climbing down realizing they're naked, I go to open the door and find Artemis in a sobbing mess. "Art? What is wrong?" I ask her, ushering her in swiftly, I know Harry said something about Percy and Artemis, but I did not think she would come to me for this.

"T-they were right. I'm such a stupid woman to not have believed them." Artemis whimpers, her hands trembling as they cover her red and flushed face.

"What're you talking about Art? Who? What happened?" I sit her on my bed, and put a comforting hand on her back. Who could've made her this upset? Harry? Reagan? I don't understand, she seemed so happy at breakfast this morning.

"Y-you have to know. I know you do. I just need someone that's not them right now. My own cousin betrayed me. Him." She says through hiccups, my eyes widen, knowing exactly what she means.

"Josephine?" I roll my eyes thinking about her dirty ways, "Artemis you must've known this sooner. She's been trying to get into every suitor's pants since we arrived." Something shifts in her eyes and I realize I said something very wrong.

"I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN?!" She yells and I flinch. "AT LEAST ONE OF YOU COULD HAVE CAME AND TOLD ME WHEN SHE CAME ON TO YOU BUT YOU DID NOT!"

"Artemis..." I sigh, trying to comfort her the best I could. Thanks brother, you dropped this bomb on her and now I have to deal with the mess. "We were trying to protect you, we didn't think anyone would go for it, not even Percy!"  Her chest heaves with anger and then her face shifts again and she breaks down. Crap, I do not think I can handle this. Why on earth did she come to me? I wrap my arms around her and hold her while she sobs. She eventually stops and starts to talk again.

"Kit, I actually came here to talk to you about something, about Harry." She says, a little more confidently than she was.

"What has he done now?" I groan, walking over to my suit for tonight's ball and rolling a lint roller over it.

"Did he sleep with her? I need you to be honest and not lie for him because you are his brother. Tell me as your future sister. Did he?" She says gravely, looking at her nail beds that she has picked to death.

"Oh goodness no! I think you have a completely different idea about Harry, he's a virgin Artemis." I say proudly, yep that's right. Even after all of my fathers plans and him trying to make Harry as impure as him, Harry hasn't given in, not once.

"Excuse me?" She says dumbfounded by my words. "Never?"

"He has protected that part of him for a very long time, against my fathers wishes of course. He did love someone once though. " She looks like another bomb has been dropped.

"But we talked about so much. Why did he never share that with me?"

"Have you asked him?" I raise an eyebrow at her, knowing the answer. 

"I asked him about the rumors and he said they were not true and I believed him, but I never believed him to not have done anything at all."

"I think there's a lot about Harold you need to learn, Princess." I give her a comforting smile.

"What else do I need to know about him?" She asks quizzically.

"He does not know his own feelings but lucky for him, I know him better than he knows himself and one thing I can tell you for certain is he cares about you a lot. In fact, he is falling in love with you. But he has no idea how to express his feelings" I say proudly.