My Dangerous Prince

Chapter 23

Harry's POV

Love. It wasn't a word that was often used in my vocabulary. Never received it. Never gave it. It was almost as if that word wasn't real to me, like it had disappeared from my life completely. Until now.

I never thought that one person, one small, innocent girl could come into my life and change that completely. But she did. She came like storm, unwanted and unavoidable. She changed my way of thinking, made me feel loved again- something even my own father couldn't do. It really was something only she herself could do. And I needed her, I knew that.

But I ruined it. Ruined everything by letting my anger get the better of me and hurting my innocent princess. And that was something I swore I would never do, no matter what the circumstances.

The fear in her eyes broke my heart. It tortured me more then a knife in the stomach would. In that instant I knew I'd lost her, lost the only thing that made sense in my life anymore. The only thing that made me happy. She was gone, and so was I.

Alyssa's POV

I took a deep breathe before opening the door and steeping into my house. It was eerily quiet, so silent that you could hear a pin drop. It seemed so empty and lonely that I felt tears in the back of my throat.

I whipped my red and puffy eyes as I ascended the stairs to my room. When I opened the door, I jumped back, surprised.

Sitting on the floor, looking broken and lost was a boy with curly hair and piercing green eyes. He wasn't the same one I knew and loved with tearstained cheeks and a curled up posture. My Harry was confident, with a strong posture, and blazing eyes. How could this still be the boy I knew and loved.

His head lifted and I watched as light instantly spread through his cheeks, and his eyes widened with hope making him look child-like. In a small voice that was nothing like I knew, he said, "You came back."

I couldn't think of anything to say, so I just nodded.

His head fell again at my lack of response. "I'll leave if you want, I get it."

I felt my heart shattering with every word he muttered to me. All I wanted was to comfort him and tell him everything was okay, but I restrained myself.

"I just want you to know that I'm so, so sorry. You know I would never want to hurt you and it killed me that I did. I told you I would would protect you and never hurt you but, I didn't keep my word."

I couldn't take another second of watching him. I walked over to him, curling myself into his lap and forcing him to look at me.

Harry looked slightly surprised but also relieved by what I had done. All I wanted to do was let him know everything was okay.

"Harry." I held his face to stay looking at mine. "You have protected me and you never did hurt me-"

"But-"

"No. It was an accident, I completely believe that. You have an anger issue and I'm not going to leave just because things have gotten hard."

Harry's hand was trailing up and down my side, as a way to calm himself I assumed. "I don't want you to forgive me for something like that, Alyssa. You should hate me for what I did."

I shook my head, leaning it against his. "We'll I don't, I just believe in second chances."

He sighed, leaning back into the bed frame as his arms wrapped tighter around me. "I don't deserve that. I don't deserve you."

"Too bad, you're stuck with me." I leaned up to look at him. "I promised I'd never leave you, remember?"

I knew this was the right think to say when a wide grin spread over Harry's face, showing his dimples. He leaned down and kissed me quickly before shifting me to straddle his lap. He closed his eyes and leaned his forehead against mine as my fingers rubbed over his neck.