My Highlander, My Love, Part Three:Forbidden Love, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told.

Painful Regrets

The black stallions raced faster than the speed of light on this cold winter night with only the full moon to guide them. Seth's anger drove him to insanity that anyone would dare to imprison his precious, loving daughter. A daughter who was raised in the Abby and was innocent and pure! 

Every single male from the Macalister family was among the pack, tonight they went with only one thing in mind, to save Valerie from a dreaded fate that awaits her in the morning, but when New York is taken care of, they will return to the palace and kill the King. 

The Macalisters were enemies of the crown for hundreds of years, ever since their mother Lidia was supposed to marry the Kings great, great, great grandfather, who was ruler of Scotland back then. It was he who found William and Lidia together and almost killed them, it was then that Lidia's father broke his promise to the crown and married his daughter off to a Macalister. William was devasted but stayed away to keep the peace, and also to secure Lidia's life, who was already pregnant with his twin sons, Michael amd Edward. 

When the palace came into view, the Macalisters jumped off their horses and quietly set their plan into action. It was a unanimous vote that no blood be spilled on this night, and after studying the map carefully, they proceeded to sneak into the castle. One by one they made themselves invisible, thinking it was alright to use their magic tonight for a good cause, and once they were inside they headed straight to where the map showed the dungeon was located.

Unnoticed by anyone, they slowly opened the dungeon's wooden door, and went down the flight of stairs. Seth's jaw clenched when he saw the dark, cold dungeon, that the King even dared to keep his daughter locked up in this dreaded place made him a marked man, he was as good as dead! Seth was gong to make him wish he had never been born! 

The flame on the only torch was weak and about to die out, as the Macalisters made their way to the other end of the dungeon, but when they reached the fourth and last cage, they were all left baffled and fear struck their heart.

The cage was empty, she was gone!

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William looked up at the stars that twinkled like diamonds in the night sky and a single tear rolled down his handsome chiseled face. In the morning, his father was going to torture Valerie for embarrassing the crown, he would say, but William knew that it was deeper than that. His father hated the Macalisters with a passion, and then there was the fact that the King wanted him to marry the Princess of Spain to unite their two kingdoms and rule with a veagance. His father's plan was to conquer the world and make one world order, but that was a dream that would never come to be, William thought, as the cold wind blasted against him. He was going to stop his father from all his madness if it was the last thing he did.

"Master." It was a whisper in the night, and when William turned around to see who's the voice belonged to, he found a servant girl looking up at him with eyes full of fear and tears. 

"Aye?"

"Your majesty," Lea said, and bowed before him. 

William narrowed his eyes, "Pray tell, what is so important that you would come out here in the middle of the night?" he asked, "You are not wearing a cloak for heavens sake, go back inside before you catch your death cold!"

"There is something of importance that you need to know Prince William." Lea said, as her body trembled from the cold gust of wind that blew around them. 

"Quick then, and be gone with you, before you freeze to death!" William scolded.

"My Lord, I overheard something very important that I think you should know." She told him, as guilt wrapped around her heart.