The Belladonna

Chapter 14

The song for this chapter is Leave It All Behind by Cult To Follow. I really love how upbeat this song is and how good it fits the chapter. Please give it a listen as they begin to fight!

"The hunter can become the hunted." -Harry

Isabella's POV:

A deep chuckle sounded from the side and my eyes darted over towards the sound, seeing one of the Frenchmen stand up, a dark smile on his face as he walked over towards my mother. "And here we were, doubting that you would come." he sneers and I grit my teeth together, my free hand clenching into a fist as I glared at this man.

"I am Reginold Argus, the one who sent the letter with Miss Jones, who seems to have joined up with you." he says, looking at Shayla as she glares at him. "What have you done to my mother?" I hiss, the fury building up in me as I stare at him. 

He lets out a laugh, looking down at my mother, who gave me a pleading look, before slamming his foot down on her shoulder, making her seem crushed against the ground and she gasps in pain. I took a step forward but Harry put his hand on my arm, stopping me. I continue to glare at this man while the seething anger continued to surge inside of me.

"As you can tell, we've been treating her exceptionally well." Argus taunts and I force Harry to let go of me. "You bastard. If you think you're leaving this place alive then you're wrong." I hiss and grip my sword tighter, raising it a little. At my movement the other 19 soldiers with Reginold took their swords out, positioning themselves to fight.

"Wrong move, Miss Bella. You see, unlike the foot soldiers you fought out at the docks, these men with me today are of the top ranks of France. You may have beaten them easily, but these men can kill you in an instant, before you could even reach your mother." Argus says and a dastardly smile comes to my face.

"Don't think so highly of yourself, Captain. We've beaten people of much higher caliber than these filthy rags you call soldiers." I growl lowly and his smile falters for a moment before letting out a chuckle. "Well well, it seems I've underestimated the anger you would be feeling. But no matter, no matter. I'll make you a deal." he says, walking so that he's behind my mother and my eyes narrow.

"Let's test your words, see if they're more than just an empty brag made by a very angry little girl." he says and all of his men position themselves to fight as his smirk grows. "I'll give you five minutes to break through my men and get to me. If you can't get to me in five minutes..." he pauses, grabbing my mother by her hair and yanking her up, making me take a step forward fuming, but Harry grabs my hand and stops me, making me give him a short glare before I look back at Argus.

He has a cunning smile as he holds his blade to my mother's neck. "Your mother will die." he sneers and I hold up my sword, my eyes narrowing as I yank my hand away from Harry. "Game on." I snarl before charging, hearing Harry call for me to wait but I ignored him. I hear him soon yell "Charge!" from behind me and I tackle the first soldier to the ground, taking him completely by surprise before I sliced open his arm.

 I rolled off of him and got to my feet, deflecting two blades with my sword before punching one man in the face and kicking the other. They stumbled slightly before coming back at me, something the other soldiers outside hadn't done before. I retaliated as well, coming down at them hard and making them falter. 

My anger was more powerful than their strength at that time, which gave me a crucial advantage. I pushed my sword away from me before drawing it back, giving me enough time to drop down, catch myself with my hands and swing my legs out, knocking both of them off of their feet. 

One soldier cut at my feet, nicking my foot and making me grit at the small singe of pain I received before I stabbed his leg in return, making him cry out. The other soldier got up and thrust his sword at me, making me parry it before we went back and forth, both of us fighting fiercely. But for him it wasn't good enough.