A Contract Tainted With Royal Blood.

Chapter Twenty Four Why... Hello

Chapter Twenty Four

Why... Hello

Josef's POV-

"We have the two down."

"What should we do with them?"

"Nothing. Just leave them here."

"Sir-"

"They will be fine. By the time we leave and get the prince we will be long gone."

"Why would the prince be all the way out here anyways? Why did he leave royalty. I would never leave if it were me."

"Have no clue. I never would have thought he would have even gotten this far. Not after murdering his uncle and his step sister and brother."

"Yeah. Never thought he would get away with that."

"Once he returns I'm sure there will be major consequences for him. The queen will especially have something special hosted for his return."

"I am sure there will be."

I woke up on the hardwood floor of Cameron's room. Weakly I got up and looked around. Jesse turned the corner and stood in front of me. "Hey. How you feeling?"

"Better I guess. Still feeling a bit weak." I replied stretching.

"Better then not good at all. Let's go get some food. Cameron made some." Jesse said walking down the hall towards the kitchen.

I followed him into the kitchen and grilled cheese had been sitting on the table. Cameron smiled and looked back at the stove. Jesse walked out the room and into the living quarters. I heard laughing from inside its doors. I tilted my head and followed him into the living area. To my surprise Sean, Joanna, and Pierce all sat on the couch. Joy came over me to see everyone was okay. I walked in without a word and sat down.

"Well now that everyone is here. But Cameron obviously, that's okay. We can discuss what me and Josef heard. Jesse please have a seat." Pierce said. Jesse looked around and cautiously sat down. Everyone's gaze landed on him. "We have found that obviously that you are royalty. We just have some questions as to how you even are here. In both a living and free matter."

All Jesse could do is sit there. Of course he would have to willingly say yes. "Ask away." He said. An obvious hard swallow.

Joanna sat back and picked at his fingers while smirking. Clearly enjoying the harassment towards Jesse. "So... Your highness. How did you even manage to escape? Couldn't have been that hard. Especially if you did it without help." Joanna savagely stabbed at Jesse.

Jesse glared at him and swallowed hard starting to pick at his fingers. "D-don't call me that!" He yelled standing up.

"Sit the fuck down." Joanna said pulling out his gun from the back of his pants.

Jesses eyes widened and he lowered himself back down slowly onto the seat. "The guards had changed their shifts. I knew it was only a matter of time before my schedule would be clear like it was for that night. Rarely had I not been busy..." Everyone looked at him intently. "For months I had been planning my escape. I would walk around the whole palace and court yards pretending to study and write down notes. Instead I examined the walls and every rock that stuck out. Took notes on the peg like stones that hung out from the wall. I knew the hardest part would be the barbed wire that strung across the top of the tall stone walls."
Jesse avoided everyone's gaze crossing his arms. "Only one guard had knew about my escape. He aided me with my route. The man told me that there was a emergency exit behind the building under a heavy rock. Lead down to the river. After more planning for about two hours I waited until the hands of the clock struck 2AM. With that the guards switched places. The perfect time for me to bust out my window and run down the steps towards the secret gardens. Doing just as the guard said I weakly pushed the rock off the exit. With that I took off down the old creaky metal pipe ladder. A brick lined concrete hall lead me to the river. And that... Is how I escaped." Jesse looked at everyone who seemed to be a bit taken aback. "It sounds easy but it was pretty hard. Getting the timings right and almost being caught about six times. Was dangerous and stupid but I couldn't take it anymore." Jesse admitted.

I leaned against the wall. I was impressed. Escaping a heavily guarded palace in one night and it sounding easy? Yeah, didn't sound so easy. "How did you know you were safe?" I asked suddenly.

"I didn't." He simply replied. "I just went with my instincts and followed stars. That's how I found my grandmother. She helped me keep a low profile by saying she was my mother. For years we had it that way. Never staying at one place for long and always being on our toes while keeping our eyes peeled."

Pierce sat up a bit and pressed his two fingers together. "How do you think they found you now?"

"Not even sure. I never left any traces behind me when I moved from place to place." Jesse replied. "But I'm sure as hell they are not taking me. Not without a fight..." I said.

I took a step forward and pushed off the wall and stood with my fingers on the edging of my pockets. "Why would they be looking for you now all the sudden?" I asked out of curiosity.

"They are getting older. They need someone to rule. Since I am the prince, I am forced as the next 'king to be' in line." Jesse answered, he paused for a moment.  "I don't know about a princess. I didn't ever have a sister. Not that I know of... there might be now. But if there was I guess they wouldn't be looking for me in the first place huh." He pondered to himself.

I leaned back against the wall. This makes sense. Chuckling I shook my head thinking this was madness. Jesse glanced at me and continues to look around at everyone nervously. "Anything else?..." he asked. I glanced around at the others as they did the same. We all shook our heads.

Pierce just sat there staring intently at Jesse. You could see Jesse trying not to make eye contact. Pierce knew something that we didn't. Jesse is still hiding something... is he?...
Suddenly, Jesse stood up and went to go walk out of the room. As he made his way past pierces chair; Pierce grabbed jesses are tightly and pushed him back onto the floor. Everyone's eyes widened. Cameron stood up "Pierce! What the hell!" Pierce simply continued staring at Jesse and put his hand up to Cameron. Cameron bowed his head slightly and nervously sat back down. We all were confused. Why is he doing this?