Lies ✺ Kylo Ren

five

The honeymoon stage didn't last long for Ben and Lo, for when Lo woke up the next morning, she was alone once more. The only difference was this time, a note had been left for her – explaining that Ben had to work and he didn't want to wake her up but he'd see her once he got back. She was okay with that, as long as he told her that he'd be back instead of being abandoned and alone in Arcadia. By the time Ben came back, the idea of him leaving her alone never left her mind – it was driving her insane.

"I'm not going anywhere without you, Lo, you know that, right?" Ben murmured in her ear, a hand gently placed on her arm.

"You promised me you would never read my mind," Lo almost spat out, shrugging off Ben's touch. She hated it when Ben used his force powers to get things out of her; it made her feel weak and easily overpowered, something she hated to feel. Turning around, she quickly slapped him across the face, the sound of her hand against his cheek echoed around the room as the pair stared at each other.

Out of almost nowhere, Ben grabbed Lo's arms and held them in his iron grip, hard enough to leave marks before he moved this grip to her throat and gripped it so tightly, Lo couldn't even scream for help. He pushed her against the wall, knocking over several glasses and furniture as he did, leaving several marks on Lo's legs. Lo's eyes were filled with fear, worrying about what was going to happen. She was sure that this time, Ben was going to kill her and there was nobody there to stop him. She hadn't even been able to tell him about-

Her train of thought was cut off by the door opening, and a man's voice screaming – one Lo would later learn belonged to General Hux, Ben's second in command who also happened to be dating his sister, but of course Ben didn't know that. "Oh my god. Ren, let her go, you're going to kill her. You're killing her. LET HER GO, SHE'LL DIE IF YOU DON'T LET HER GO."

After struggling against three Stormtroopers, Ben finally released Lo from his grasp and while he was being taken into isolation to calm down, Lo was rushed into intensive care in a frantic attempt to save her life and make sure Ben hadn't killed her. Thankfully, it didn't take much to make sure Lo was okay, and she was told to stay in bed until further notice – although, she did sneak out of bed once to look at the damage Ben had caused.

Lo stared at her reflection in the mirror, her pale skin coated with dark purple bruises and open cuts, her neck and arms got the worst of it but her whole body looked and felt as if she'd been hit by a TIE fighter jet. A tear made its way down her cheek as she placed a hand over her mouth, only now realizing the true horror of what Ben had done to her – he almost killed her, and if Hux hadn't come in and got Ben off her, she really would be dead.

In isolation, Hux was trying to talk some sense into Ben, but it wasn't working as well as he had hoped. "I know it's none of my business to poke into your personal life with her but you need to know this; she's fine for now, but if you strangle her like that one more time, she will die. There will be nothing anyone can do to save her life, her throat will collapse and she'll essentially just stop breathing and if you can't get her throat back together and get her to breathe, she'll just slip away. I'm sorry but you needed to know, you got lucky this time; next time, you won't be so lucky."

"How is she?"

"She's recovering; she can't really speak, at least not for the moment, if she does, there'll be a danger she'll strain her vocal chords and well, she might lose the full ability so speak altogether. You're going to have to treat her like a piece of glass for the next few days. Or until we can arrange a craft to take her back to Arcadia, which I suggest happens immediately."

Ben nodded, taking everything in for a moment before answering. "Arrange a craft to take her back; I need to tell her something." Ben gave Hux one last nod before walking out of isolation to find Lo in intensive care, after pushing away some doctors, he finally got inside her room and shut the door behind him. "Lo, listen, I've arranged a craft to take you back to Arcadia, I'll see you there soon – wait for me on the beach and I'll see you there as soon as I can."

Lo's eyebrows fused together as she stared at Ben, sitting up in bed as her eyes narrowed. "I don't even know who you are anymore, Ben. Get out, and don't come back. I said GET OUT!"

Ben shook his head, refusing to move. "You don't mean that, Lo. I know these last few days have been hell, but I love you and I'm sorry I'm such a jerk to you all the time. Don't scream like that, the doctor's said it isn't good for you."

Lo rolled out of bed by that point, standing directly in front of Ben, showing no fear of another attack. "You know what, Ben? Fuck the doctor's and fuck you! You have a funny way of showing that love for me, Ben. You might as well just leave me in here to die, I'm dead to you. I know that now, I was always dead to you. God, I'm such an idiot... to just think that the son of the great Han Solo would even look at me, let alone love a girl like me. So go on then, put that lightsaber through my chest, kill me. I know you want me dead; I'm just a distraction from your precious little plan of universe domination with the mask of your grandfather. KILL ME, YOU COWARD!"

Ben was slightly taken aback by Lo's words but didn't say another word has he walked out of the room, slamming the door behind him. "Get her out of here," he muttered to one Stormtrooper before he himself stormed off to the sanctuary of his room.

Once Lo was transported back to Arcadia, she waited on the beach every single day, waiting for Ben's return. As much as she hated him sometimes, she couldn't deny that she loved him and she would always love him, no matter what happened between them.

After three days of waiting for Ben's return, Lo stood on the beach, staring at the endless ocean before her, she felt someone tap on her shoulder. She turned around and immediately smiled and jumped into Ben's arms, almost squealing into his ear.

"I told you I would come back, Lo." Ben pressed a gentle kiss to Lo's cheek as he kept a tight grip on her body.

"Well, at least this time you actually meant it. Now, I believe we have some unfinished business we need to sort out."

The pair laughed as Ben moved his grip to hold Lo bridal style as they made their way back to their hotel room, slamming their door behind them.

Note

The part about Hux dating Ben's sister, that's a little nod to another one of my stories, it's called Hypnotic and you guys should check it out if you like this. I'm trying to update this really quickly so it's all out of the way and I don't leave everyone hanging for another 6/7 months.

Until next time;

Lorna.