Prince | phan (COMPLETE)

XXII

That night I found Dan in his brother's bed since Adrian was at a sleepover. I called him back to our room, not wanting to waste what was possibly our last night together. I cuddled into his body and tried to remember how warm he is, how his chest rises and falls as he breaths. I would miss all of that.

In the morning, Dan was awake first and began to dress in his work clothes. He woke me up and gave me a kiss.
"What was that for?" I mumbled sleepily.
"Come here."
I obliged and Dan immediately embraces me.
"We'll have to leave tonight, okay? We can't stay here, not with Toby snooping around." Dan rubbed my back, completely unaware of my plan. "I've got to go to work so I don't raise any suspicions but I'll be back soon."
"See you tonight," I said and Dan took my voice break as me trying to hold back tears and not because I couldn't bear lying to him. 
"Don't worry, lion. We'll be somewhere where Toby won't find us soon enough."
"I can't wait." Dan was about to leave but I pulled him back into one final hug. Nobody would ever feel this way... or make me feel this way again. "You should go." Phil let go of Dan and sniffed. 
"See you soon."
"See you soon," I whispered but he was already half way down the stairs.

At midday Toby sent me a text back:
New deal, seeya in 10.

I began to pace around the room as the minutes slowly ticked by. I watched them, moving agonisingly slowly across the big clock above the fire place. I couldn't take it any longer and after five minutes I sat down and switched the TV on. I wished I hadn't.
Dan was all over it.
"Servant Daniel Howell has kidnapped the prince," the news man announced. "More news will come when the prince has returned."
Images of Dan being detained outside the palace were too much for me to watch. He had been crying, his hair was tousled. People outside the gates were yelling at him, throwing rocks. One cut into Dans face and blood trickled out of the wound. I knew who was behind it.
Think of the devil and the devil will come. There was a knock on the door but they didn't wait for me to open it myself. Toby was standing behind two castle guards that I recognised and William was standing by his side. The guards moved around the house.
"No one's home," I told them but they ignored me.
"We've come to rescue you," William told me as he pulled me into a hug. I had never seen William care so much for me but I couldn't savour the moment. I pushed him back.
"I don't need rescuing, I ran away."
"Stop trying to protect that boy, we already know that he took you." William looked at me sympathetically.
"William please listen to me-" but he wouldn't because he'd already been corrupted by Toby.
I prised William from my side and stormed over to Toby.  Anger surged through me.
"What about our deal?" I hissed at him.
"Change of plan; the castle gave out cash rewards for whoever returned you." He smiled darkly and clasped his hands together. Everything was about money with him! 
"I can't believe you." I tried to calm my breathing or shaking hands but I couldn't. He made me so mad, I hated him.
"Well believe this" - he leant in close to me and whispered, so quiet that William couldn't possibly hear - "Dan is going to die and you can't do anything about it."