Eirene

Chapter 6

Recap: Eirene has been accepted into the war and shockingly her father remained silent. Sebastian has been sitting around all day it seems like in a sweaty hot room with men figuring out battle plans, there seems to be no getting out of war.

Eirene's POV:

I nodded with a big smile on my face. but now there was a sense of overwhelming fear becoming known in my mind. what in the world was my father going to say now that I had interrupted him in the midst of a meeting with our highest council.The men closest to the king. He was sure to be furious and I could already tell by the look on his face that he was ready to kill me. I walked out after the council dismissed us and was immediately thrown against the wall, my head slamming against the hard granite sending pain throughout my body.

"YOU THINK YOUR FUNNY DONT YOU!" I only gulled my saliva in response

"ANSWER ME EIRENE OR SO HELP GOD WILL KILL YOU IN YOUR SLEEP"

"NO I DIDNT THINK IT WAS FUNNY!"I shouted raising my voice above his letting spit fly out of my mouth and into his face.

"SURE YOU DIDN'T!" He jerked his arms away from either side of my head. Only for them to grab onto my wrist tightly enough to break it. Wincing out in pain I was dragged out of the Capitol building and out into the bustling streets of Athens. Before I knew it I was at home sitting my the fire the darkness from outside creeping in through are windows the curtains slightly blowing in the wind and my father glaring at me along with my mother.

"Darling you know war is not all fun and games people die! In fact many people die and they don't come back aren't you the littlest concerned about how your family will feel if you don't come back alive!" My mother practically sobbed however she kept a hard tone in her voice. And standing behind her the whole time was my father placing a comforting hand on her back but giving me the coldest of looks I've ever been given. What in the world is so wrong with me going off to war when our country calls; isn't that what yours supposed to do. Though war does suck and I'm completely opposed but I'm not going to sit on the sidelines and wait for my father to not come and to watch my mother cry and then pass from a broken heart that will not happen if I have anything to do with it. I'm sure most people will agree with me however they don't seem like they are too agreeable with the idea of me going to war let alone the country know that a girl was fighting for them.

" just deal with it please; you all know that I don't enjoy the thought of war but sometimes there are more important things"

" like taking over the family's goat business..." My father flared again harder this time putting emphasis on the word business. I hadn't really thought about the fact that my mother would now be running the entire thing. Maybe I shouldn't go. No never mind there is no changing my mind I'm certain about what I'm going into and right not there's no backing out of it.

"Like I said father sometimes there's more important things." His jaw dropped; however he was quick to close it and grab my mother gently by her shoulder and walking the both of them into their chamber. I shook my head knowing I had made my family furious and headed to sleep.

Sebastian's POV:
After his speech I managed to slip in between the conversations of the greasy men in the Dank room and out into sunlight and fresh air. That's when my feet began to take over control and I let my top half follow them as they pumped the muscles in my legs harder and eventually they gave out underneath an olive tree that as of now was covered in fluff from the buds opening. I know now I shouldn't be relaxing but If It was going to be a long war, resting under an olive tree wouldn't be such a bad idea. I just needed to separate myself from all that has been going on and focus on yet another and probably bigger issue: my father is going to die; my men are going to die, I'm the only one who is going to live and then there is someone else who I have to convince not to go to war. The only person I could think of that would want to go to war that I would highly object to would be my mother she was and still is such a strong woman but now as she has gotten older her body hasn't been the same, along with my father although they usually never let their age stop them. I rested my head back letting out a sigh and before I knew it I was being awakened by one of the castle workers to be escorted back to the main gathering area to eat dinner with almost all the family's of Sparta.

A/N:
Sorry this update has taken me so long, but what can o say I love to procrastinate! :-) I hope you enjoyed this chapter and don't forget to add it into your library to continue reading.
With love and thanks
- ellie