Princess by Blood

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Anna's POV:

Italy. He took my to fucking Italy. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful place but it's not too much fun when your husband kidnaps you and locks you away in his castle.

Nicholas tells me he won't be back home till tomorrow, so I take advantage and use my time to roam the garden. I sit by the pool, taking in the sunlight as the day goes by. 

Suddenly, my phone buzzes in my pocket. It's from un unknown number.

Unknown number: Anna. It's Giovanni. We're at your estate.

I press the button to call him.

"Anna?"

My whole body relaxes at the sound of his voice.

"Giovanni." Tears start to slip out of my eyes.

"Mi amore, I'm so sorry."

"Don't Giovanni. I needed to know you were safe."

"I need to know what happened Anna. I can help you. I can get you out of there. Just please, tell me."

I hear the desperateness in his voice and almost give in, but Nicholas' voice resonates in the back of my mind. If I tell Giovanni where I am, Nicholas will destroy everything.

I love my country with my whole heart and I will not let Nicholas touch it. And Giovanni. My heart breaks at the thought of anything happening to him.

"Anna. If you don't fucking spit it out-"

"Listen to me. I'm fine. I'm okay." He falls silent as more tears stream down my cheek.

"Giovanni. I know you're worried but please, it's just better if you don't do anything."

"Don't do anything? Anna, he killed our child. He beat you. He raped you. Do I really have to keep listing things?"

I sigh but I know what I have to do.

"I know Giovanni but it's what's best for both of us. Just trust me."

"Anna, what the fuck do you mean trust you? I can't fucking trust you when you say that you're fine when I fucking know you aren't."

My heart breaks at his sentence. Yet, I push through. This is for the better.

"I'm sorry. I know you can't trust this, but I can't have you here Giovanni."

"No. Anna, I can fix this. I have men that will ruin everything of his just to make sure you're safe. I'm willing to do anything. I don't care if you can't have me there. Are you in London? Because I will rip down every wall of that fucking castle to find you."

I fall into a silence. 

"I'm not there Giovanni."

"What the fuck do you mean you aren't there? Where the fuck are you Anna? Tell me right now."

He yells at me through the phone but I can't tell him. Tears silently fall onto my dress as I know what I have to say.

"I can't tell you Giovanni. I promised my country that I would protect it till the day I die, and that is what I'm doing. "

"Protect your country? What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"

He takes a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Anna, nothing is going to happen to France or anyone in it. I will make sure of it. You will be find just please, I need to make sure you're safe. And you will never be safe with him.

I feel a bit better knowing he won't let anything happen to my country, but I still can't risk it.

"Don't come looking for me. Forget about me. Find someone new if that's what it take. Just promise me that you will not come find me. Let me go Giovanni. Please."

"Let you go? Forget about you? I can't do that. I-I love you Anna. I can't let you go because I love you."

His sentence strikes something in my heart but I know he is only saying that.

"You don't mean it Giovanni."

"I do Anna. I love you. You're all I think about day or night. I need you cara mia. I'd die for you."

"You're not thinking straight. Promise me you will let me go." He falls silent and I hear him sniffle from the other side of the phone.

"Mon garçon, don't cry. I will always be with you. But I need to hear you say you won't find me. You need to let me go." (translation: my boy)

"I can't do that Anna."

His voice is barely a whisper and I wipe the tears away from my eyes, looking up at the sunset.

"Then I guess this is goodbye." 

"No, no Anna. Please don't do this. Mi amore, you don't have to do this. We will find you and put an end to it. He will never hurt you again."

I want to trust what he says, but I know he can't stop it. He told me Nicholas would never touch me again, but he still did.

"Goodbye Giovanni." With tears in my eyes, I throw the phone into the pool. I need to make sure he has no way of contacting me again. I can't let him die. This is for his protection. Everything I do is for his protection.

I stand up, adjusting my dress and walking back inside.

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sorry bout that but it had to be done