My Dangerous Prince

Chapter 11

"There are some things you don't know about me."

My heart was beating at an alarming rate now. "Okay.."

He stayed quiet, still looking down at his hands which were resting awkwardly on his lap.

"Harry." I lifted his chin up to look at me. "You can tell me."

"I don't want you to hate me after I tell you all of this."

I shook my head. "I won't."

"Promise me."

"I promise."

He took a deep breathe looking away before starting. "When I was younger my dad was murdered. He worked for this man, Marcus. Marcus is a cold hearted criminal. He stole, sold drugs, killed. You name it. But he was also really weak. He still is. My father was sort of his...hit man I guess you could say. When someone pissed Marcus off, he sent one of his men to go scare them some. Unfortunately, my dad was sent out on a job and ended up getting shot."

I watched as he relived his past and could see the clear pain as he told his story. I reached out and took his hand, telling him to continue.

"Marcus was also my godfather though. When my dad was murdered I was only seven and put into Marcus's custody. He saw me as an opportunity for a new employee. He raised me to be a fighter for him. And when I was fourteen he started sending me out on jobs. When I was about eighteen, I became his best man. He sent me out to get this guy who had really pissed him off. This guy was dangerous, he killed one of my friends and Marcus' employee and now Marcus was out to get him, his name was Jonathan. When I got there he had these two other guys with him, and I was completely alone. It wasn't a fair fight, he was supposed to come alone. I-I.."

I grabbed his face gently, turning it to look at me.

"I killed him, Alyssa. I killed one of his men. It was complete self defense, I swear. But I did it." He was taking deep breathes.

Even though the words he had said scared me, I trusted him. I squeezed his hand in an effort to calm him.

"Anyway, now Jonathan's after me. He has been for two years and he won't stop until I'm either dead or completely broken."

Letting go of his hand I looked down, completely shocked by what he was telling me.

"Jonathan wants to hurt me, but doing it physically is just to easy for him now. For that past two years he's been looking for my weakness, a way to make me suffer. The reason I'm telling you this is because he's found my weakness, Alyssa. Its you."

I looked up at him with wide eyes, unsure of what to say. "What?"

"He knows by hurting you, he would hurt me. I'm so sorry for dragging you into this. This was never meant to happen. I'm so sorry."

I couldn't focus on what he was saying , everything was a blur. All I could concentrate on was the fact that this man I didn't even know wanted to hurt me to hurt harry.

"Was it him who trashed my room?"

Harry nodded. "Not him specifically, but yes."

"What did the note say?"

"Don't worry about it."

"But-"

"Alyssa." He warned.

I sighed.

"I get if you don't want anything to do with me after all of this." Harry said almost shyly.

My head shot up to him. "What?"

"I know this is a lot. You never asked for any of this, I just dragged you into it."