Her

Chapter 34: Hide

"No! Stop, please stop fighting!", I yelled as I tried to push Ben off of Roman.

"Move Katherine!", Ben yelled, pushing me against the wall.

"Don't touch her you asshole!", Roman yelled, getting on top of Ben and punching the shit out of him.

He got off of Ben and came over to me.

"Are you okay, baby?", He asked.

"My back just hurts a little," I winced, trying to get up.

"Don't move, let me pick you up love," Roman said, picking me up in his arms.

He carried me inside a room and laid me down on the bed.

"We'll stay here for another night and then we can leave," he told me.

I nodded my head and rested against the pillows.

"I love you," he said.

"I love you too, " I said, giving him a kiss. He wrapped one of his arms around me and I fell asleep.
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When I woke up in the morning, Roman was gone.

"Roman! Where are you?", I yelled jumping out of bed, wincing slightly as I heard my back crack.

I heard horns blare and I looked out the window. I saw knights dragging a bloody man out.

"Roman!", I yelled recognizing him. I ran out the room. People looked at me like I was crazy, but I didn't care.

I made it to the center of the castle.

"Don't hurt him! Stop!", I yelled, running over to Roman and shielding him with my body.

"Go Katherine. I don't need them hurting you," Roman said, his teeth all bloody.

"What have they done to you?", I asked, tears falling down my face.

''Move, you silly broad,'' one of the knights said, pushing me off of Roman.

Ben came out and people started cheering. He smiled, soaking up all of the attention. 

"Are you ready to die, brother?", Ben asked Roman.

"Ben don't hurt him!", I yelled. His eyes swiveled over to me in surprise.

"My dear Katherine. I wasn't planning on seeing you until the deed was done," he said.

"Let him go!", I yelled, trying to take off Roman's cuffs.

"Stop! You're going to hurt yourself," Ben said.

"Let Roman go Ben. This is going to far. How could you kill your own brother?", I asked.

"I have no problem killing anyone who stands in the way of what I want," he said, pulling me toward him.

The knights grabbed some tool, it was a ball with spikes, hanging from a chain.

"No don't hurt him!," I yelled, trying to get out of Ben's tight grasp.

The brought the weapon down, the spikes digging into Roman's back.

"I love you, Katherine!", He yelled out before they brought the weapon down again, tearing away at his skin.

"Make it stop, please I can't. I can't see this!", I cried.

"It's okay, love,'' Roman said, his voice full of pain.

''You want them to stop hurting him?", Ben asked.

"Yes!", I said.

"Then marry me Katherine. Marry me and I'll spare his pathetic little life," Ben said.

"Don't do it, Katherine,'' Roman said. I couldn't let them kill him.

"I'll marry you," I told Ben.
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