The Belladonna

Chapter 22

"You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." - Harry

Isabella's POV:

A scream left my lips before I could even stop myself.

King Edward fell to the ground as the person who stabbed him turned towards me, a look of surprise on his face. "I thought I'd have more time." he mutters before backing up.

His blonde hair fell in his face and he used his free hand to get it out of his eyes - eyes that seemed to gleam yellow. "I would kill you, but I need a messenger." he chuckles and I feel my heart pounding in my chest. I didn't know what to do. But the longer I stood there, one name came to mind and I let out a blood-curdling scream.

"HARRY!!!" I scream and the man in front of me curses. I scream Harry's name again and the man begins to look around frantically. I could only pray Harry heard me from down there, although I don't know if my screams were in vain.

"I'll make this quick then. I'm part of Captain Bradwr's crew. He wanted to let you know that he was serious whenever he called you out. Take this as a warning, girl. You're all dead." he says, his lip curling in a horrible smile before he turns away and jumps out the window. 

I run as fast as I can over to the window and look down, seeing him already on the ground and running away. My heart was still pounding as I turned around, seeing King Edward lying there on the ground.

I hurry over to him, kneeling beside his body and holding up his head, seeing his eyes flutter open. "Bella." he whispers and tears come to my eyes. 

"Protect them." he whispers, weakly reaching up with his hand and caressing my face, making tears fall from my eyes. "Protect my children for me." he croaks and I nod my head, trying my hardest not to sob. 

"Please don't die. Please. You have to live." I whisper and he lets out a strained breath. "Take care of Harry. He's already lost so much, this is going to tear him apart. Keep him safe, Bella. Keep him strong." he whispers and I cry out, shaking my head as I ripped the sling off of my arm and put it on his wound, trying to stop the blood flow.

"No! Tell him that yourself! He should be here!! You can't die!!" I scream frantically and he just smiles. "You're a kind soul, Bella. Thank you for being here." he murmurs, his eyes fluttering and I begin to sob. 

"This happened to Liam, and you brought him back. You're going to live. We'll get the doctors up here and they'll heal you. You can't die." I croak and he gives me a soft smile.

"I'm not Liam, Bella." he says faintly and I scream out Harry's name again, screaming for somebody to hear me. I didn't want to be alone with Edward, watching him die. I didn't want to see Harry's brother like this. I screamed over and over again for help, desperately needing someone here.

Finally, I heard footsteps and I looked over, tears streaming down my face as I saw Harry standing in the doorway, his face pale and shocked as he saw his brother. 

"ED!!" he shouts, sprinting over and falling to his knees beside my brother, looking at all the blood that he's lost. Harry seemed at a loss for words, staring at his dying brother in agony. "Ed." Harry whispered shakily and his brother smiled.

"It's a good thing it wasn't me who ever fought, isn't it? I wouldn't have lasted long that way." Edward tried to joke and Harry's lips began to tremble as tears gathered at the bottom of his eyes. "You would've been fine. We could've done it together." Harry says pained and Ed takes a few short breaths before coughing.

"I made a better King than you though." he jokes and Harry tries to smile but he can't. "Ed, you can't leave. You can't go. Your children, your wife...me...we need you." Harry chokes and I find myself crying again.