Denial

ch. 50

''Pain evolves rapidly within. Maybe it's the love we would've had,
Or maybe it was the love we had that we didn't cherish'

"Take one more step, and I swear I'll end you once and for all" Liam threatens, taking a large step towards Greyson. I roll my eyes at the lack of realization at the irony of his words.

"Looks like you've got that covered. Well, I don't want to stay any longer than I want to be. Hand over the girl" Greyson finally snugs away the smirk and amused look he obtained, replacing it with a dark scowl.

As much as I want to escape, and crawl into a little ball pretending this is all a nightmare; I do the one thing I know I shouldn't. The one thing that might jeopardize not only my life, but my reign on the throne.

"If you take me, would you consider leaving Harry alone? If you agree that there will be no harm done to him, I will comply" I step forward. Letting him have a view at the new upcoming Queen of England. It takes all the pain I've been through to use as a shield for my fear, but I know that if I use it correctly it'll benefit either mine or more importantly, Harry's life.

"Scarlett are you mad?!" Liam sprint back in front of me, giving scowls between me and Grayson. I look over to see Greyson reappear with an amused look as he crosses his hands across his chest.

"Let the princess speak, I like the sound of her preposition and I don't think Alexander would oppose" Greyson speaks up, the amusement his voice withholds fills me with pure disgust.

"I know what I'm doing" I murmur to Liam, lowering my voice to exchange the reassuring words.

"I can't let you do this, I don't care about my job at this moment. Harry would kill me if any harm to you was done" He speaks up, somehow those words boost my confidence of the decision I was making. I had to help somehow.

"Then Harry will be the one to pay with harm. I can't, I won't sit around waiting to find out if he'll be okay or not. I'm not asking you for permission, this is the best I can do" I finally remark to Liam before I hear a loud gunshot echo and I duck towards the ground as an instinct reaction.

"I wasn't about to stand here and watch all of that, now, shall we get to your lovely fiancé?" Greyson's voice creeps behind the loud echoes left behind by the gun, I frown towards Greyson as I realize that Liam was no longer standing between him and I.

Liam is left unconscious with a gunshot wound to his back. He is laid on his front as the pool of blood only seems to increase in size, the blood soon creeping towards my heels. My body starts to shake and I bring my hand up to my mouth, the tears streaming down my face silently. I kneel down and put my hands over the wound, the feeling of his blood staining my hands is sickening, I start to sob lowly to myself realizing the damage that has already been done.

"What have you done?!" I scream out towards Grayson who has found his place infront of Liam's body.

"He wouldn't have let you go, and I seemed to enjoy your courage" He smirks, then it hit me. This was my fault, this wouldn't have happened if I would've just kept my mouth shut. But, Harry's life was also on the line and that's the life I chose once I spoke up.

"Your a monster" I whisper, vigorously wiping the tears from my cheeks and hugging myself to stop the shaking.

"Nothing I haven't heard before love, now let's get going. I'm sure Alexander is waiting impatiently for our arrival"