The Pain in My Heart [Completed]

Chapter Ten

"LUCY!" I whisper scream. "WHAT... HOW... HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE!?" my heart pounds in my chest a mile a minute.

She flips her silky curls over her shoulder. "I used to be your servant. I know a lot of back entrances."

I narrow my eyebrows. "Where?" I ask, my patience run out.

"Your closet. Trap door on the ceiling. By the way, you are a mess without me. Clean out your closet once in a while."

She goes to walk out of my room, apparently the normal way. "Wait! What are you planning? I'm not going anywhere with you until you tell me what is going on... AND what was that all about?" I ask pointing towards the direction of the Study? "How could you possibly say that?"

Her face remains stone cold, unbothered. And when she speaks, her voice is scary calm as she says, "I told Axil what he needed to hear, and now I'm telling you what you need to hear. Pack your things and meet me in the stables, quickly. I'll explain then."

Before she walks out of my room she pauses and cocks her head behind her. "Remember what I told you. Clean out your closet. I would hate for that mess to hide something you're looking for."

And then she's gone. I shake myself back into reality. You can't just run away, I tell myself but the other side of me says, you know Lucy. Has she ever steered you wrong? You have to trust her.

So, I do exactly what she says. I pack my things. Mostly casual clothes and shoes meant to blend into a crowd and I leave a little space left in my bag for the book Mr. Griffin gave me. Perhaps there is something I might have missed.

I look to my dresser. The pearl bracelet Axil got me sits in the corner next to the picture of Mika and my mother. I could break it. I should just leave it here. But again, I go against my better judgment and slip the bracelet on my wrist.

Throwing the bag over my shoulder I'm surprised at its lightness but then again; I don't have many possessions to bring. Opening my closet door, Lucy's right, I really do need to clean up. Shoving boxes and loose clothes aside, I part the hangers and use the bar to hoist myself up. I push as hard as I can against the ceiling of my closet until I can hear it give.

Oh, you really lost a lot of strength living life as a wanna be princess. I shove the thought out of my mind and give the trap door one last push before a small square opening breaks away and topples against my arm. I push it hard to the side but it falls and clatters.

I wince, covering my mouth with my hand and squeezing my eyes shut. I listen for the smallest of movements but the only thing I can hear is the soft ticking from the clock on the wall. When no one comes barging in, I take a deep breath and pull myself up through the hole.

Darkness fills this small tunnel, and as I curl the rest of myself in, I'm met with a choice. Right or left?

There is a tiny glimmer of light as I look to my left in comparison to the total darkness of my right so naturally, I follow the light.

It's a lot smaller of a tunnel than I had originally expected. "Okay" I whisper to myself over and over again as I carefully crawl closer to the light source.

"You shouldn't be doing this."

At first, I think it's my own voice. Only after a moment do I realize it's much too regal to be my own. Eden.

I steady my voice to answer her. I know she can't hear me but I can hear myself, and into the dark I whisper, "Yes, I should."

Crawling onward, the light gets brighter. There must be a vent that connects to this tunnel and if that's the case, how many are there around the whole palace. 20? 30?