The Czar's Apprentice

Chapter Three- I Am Not A Cow

Rey was in the market , looking at the fresh foods and trying to find some cinnamon for dinner .

"Ah... Ms. Kenobi" a voice said and she turned to see Kylo Ren again.

"Monsieur Ren..." Rey said stumbling in the fruit isle . "Good - Good day sir" she said trying to walk past him.

He blocked her by moving his tall suit tailored body . "Miss Kenobi ... What are you doing here without your brother or fiancé?"

"They're at work..." She gulped . "I need to be on my way... I can't keep my little brother waiting" she said ducking under his arm .

"Brandon ... Yes ... He's a primary school isn't he ?"

"How do you know that?" Rey asked pulling her coat tighter around her body and leaving the basket on the stand walking out of the market .

"I'm the Czar's apprentice ... You do realize that since he has no sons of how own I will be Czar ... I know everything about my people "
He said trailing her into an alley way.

"Do you know that your people are starving ?" She asked "that people go to war for you and yet you higher their taxes ? That my father has blown his back out and still works ?" She snapped "my grandfather ..." She sniffled "he didn't even have a proper funeral since we couldn't afford it... My mother died because she had to have an abortion since we couldn't pay for another child ... I lost my mother and little sister in one day due to it being illegal to rid her of the fetus so she had to go to some underground Doctor ! Or how about that the Quinn family having to kill their last cow for meat ? Or how Plutt raised the land price because no on can afford his car services anymore ? Or that my little brother has to go to a school with about 50 other children crammed in his class ranging from 5 to 15?" She looked him up and down.

His black hair neatly combed , his suit clean and fresh with a cutting black tie , leather shoes and a fur coat around his shoulders to brace the cold Russian air and gloves to protect his hands .

"No ... No you don't" she said and walked past him , wiping her tears and stomping off to the school yard to collect her brother .

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"Papa... Rey has a death wish" Brandon said .

"BB!" She smacked his shoulder .

"She does ! She talks back to the Czar's apprentice ... Monsieur Ren"

"Reyhanne " Lire said turning to his daughter , who was pouring water into glasses .

"BB..." She glared angrily "I was just telling him the truth of the people ... And besides ... Who cares if I die ? It's not like I'm even living !" She walked back to the kitchen .

"Papa we should hurry and marry her to Finn so we don't have deal with her anymore ... She'll be on his head then" Poe smirked as he took a bite of the soup.

"Oh shush !" Rey smacked his head with a napkin "papa... I was in the market today ... And well I moved our milk to the front ... So people will see ours ..."

"Did you see Plutt ?" Poe asked .

"No" she said . "Why ?"

"He's asked for your hand " Lire said taking a bite of his food .

"As in marriage ?" Rey asked bugged eyed .