The Belladonna

Chapter 37

Harry's POV:

I stood in absolute shock, not wanting to believe what I was seeing. Or should I say who.

"This...this is impossible." I whisper, seeing the man before me begins to smirk, holding Bella tightly to him in her ropes. She looked at me, desperately shaking her head and I narrowed my eyes, not sure what was going on but I couldn't let anyone hurt Bella. Not even...

"You don't even feel happy that your own father is alive?! All I get is shock?!" He asks with a laugh and my body shakes slightly. Bella has tears in her eyes as she stares at me but I am no longer looking at her, but staring at the man who was supposed to be dead. "How?" I whisper and he just grins.

"You really are shocked, aren't you? Doesn't surprise me too much. I even made a fake name to keep you off my tail. But now I finally got to see the expression you would have when you found out, which I do have to admit was truly priceless. It was worth it." He says, laughing cruelly and I grit my teeth together, blinking the tears from my eyes as I gave him a glare.

"You're supposed to be dead. I found your ship!! I saw you! I saw you and mom!! You were both dead!!" I yell and he just laughs again before shaking his head, giving me a dark smile.

"No, you just thought you saw me. I knew it would be only a matter of time until someone came looking, and of course it had to be you, the only son who was adventurous enough to even try to find us. I knew you were coming and I faked it. I couldn't have you thinking I was alive. That just wasn't part of the plan." He says with a grin and my eyes widen.

"Why? Why would you do that?" I ask in a low voice, my head spinning. I don't understand. I still don't understand how he's even alive.

He just laughs, shaking his head with amusement before looking at me. "It was really just a matter of time until it happened, really. I was so sick of ruling the country, but I knew I couldn't just pass the throne down with you and your brother so young. It wouldn't be acceptable for a King in perfect health to just resign so early. So I came up with a simple solution: fake our deaths to force the throne on my sons. It was a brilliant plan, although your mother didn't know about it whenever we left the country. That was a minor setback." He says and anger begins to build up in me.

"You did what??" I hiss, my body beginning to shake and he smirks. "I forced the crash. I ensured no one lived besides us and then we could live away from everyone peacefully." He says and my hand balls up in anger.

"How could you do that? How could you leave us that easily?! Both of us!! We needed you! How could you do that?!" I shout, my anger rising and he chuckles, looking down at Bella as he grinned, before he met my gaze, a dark glint in his eyes. "It was quite easy, really. It didn't take much." He says and my grip on my sword tightens, fury surging through me. The veins in my arms were growing more apparent because of my anger and my body was pulsing with rage.

"You bastard. You were alive this entire time and you just hid away? What kind of father does that?!" I yell, seeing him hold Bella up, making me shake with anger. "I knew you'd find me eventually. And what better way to lure you out to me than by getting my hands on this beauty? She's been such an entertainment for my men." He coos and I grit my teeth.

"Get the hell away from her." I growl. I've never felt so pissed before in my life. How could he possibly do this to me? To us?!

He begins to laugh, giving me a crazed grin. "Have I made you angry, Harry?" he asks and I feel my entire body shaking. "Let her go." I say, barely able to control my voice and he just grins.

"You're already so angry, and you haven't even asked where your mother is." He says and I freeze, an icy feeling spreading through me and I stare at him with wide eyes, my sword lowering a little. "Where's my mother?" I whisper and he grins.