The Reigns - Stydia Au

Chapter 28 - The Assassin

~Lydia's pov~

Gertrude went from the reception and sighed. "Oh my Goodness!" the receptionist screamed, I turned around and saw that the man behind Gertrude fainted, Gertrude quickly helped him up.

"Someone get a doctor!" I looked at him, everything was covered in blood; his face and clothes. Gertrude was holding his back helping him up.

~Stiles' pov~

Today was the anniversary of the death of my mother. It still upsets me. I felt horrible for not being there for my father. He was never good at staying stable during this time.

I walked around the hotel room stressed. I went received Lydia's letter and I was really ecstatic to see that she was finally okay.

I went to a bar which my new friend, Isaac, from work recommended. He was waiting for me at the bar. I sat down and ordered a beer. Isaac had already had a drink, I sat next to him. "So, how's everything?" I asked him. He shrugged.

"The usual, the boss treating me weird, whilst he is nice to everybody else." I frowned with confusion.

"What's the matter with him?" I asked. Isaac laughed slightly drunk.

"He caught me with his daughter, she cheated on her rich fiancé for me, this was a while ago, and he hasn't let me of for it. She was really beautiful, she was. She was practically forced into this marriage and doesn't like it at all. She told me that she wants to leave. She asked me to run off with her, I agreed, but like fools we got caught by her father. When he found out he shipped her off to another country, he made sure I will never find out which one. She was a beautiful, strong and a right princess." He sighed.

"Do you have a princess back at home? You know I heard that where you're from the Princess is looking for a husband. You could definitely marry her and become royalty!" He said proud of his idea. I threw my hands up in surrender.

"I would only marry someone who I love. I have a girl back at home who I have loved for many years." He smiled and chuckled slightly. "At least you have a sweetheart." He took another shot of whisky and ordered an entire bottle.

~Gertrude's pov~

I helped the man up by pushing his back up. I practically held him up, he had fainted. I could barely hold myself up, he smelt amazing but awfully familiar. He smelt like Alex, which is kind of weird to say. I shook the thought away.

Doctors came running, they took him and placed him in a stretcher and pushed him away. I saw his a little bit of his face, something about him was ridiculously familiar but I didn't quite seem to click on to it. The doctors ushered him in to one of the surgical rooms.

I decided that I was going to take a rest for a while and then check my self out, like the doctor recommended me to, today was a very long day. I went to bed and went to sleep

~~Flashback~~

When I went to sleep I started to dream about being 13 again, back in London. I knocked on Alex's door but his mother opened the door. She had just found out that her husband was having an affair, but she was still strong as ever.

"Oh, hello Jadelyn are you hear to see your future husband?" His mother would always tease us every time she got. She was very beautiful, she never aged a single day and could be a model. She had the same dark hair as Alex, the one thing they didn't have in common was the fact that she has gray eyes and he has blue eyes. I never really understood why her ex-husband would cheat on her. Alex had definitely got his looks from her, her past husband wasn't good looking at all.