Royalty

XV

A/N: Fun fact, originally this story had a completely different plot line. Dan's parents were going to invite several of the girls and their families to stay at the castle so Dan could get to know them and Phil's sister Amelia was one of them. Then Dan and Phil were going to fall in love and Dan ended up marrying Amelia so he could be with Phil without people knowing. But for some reason I didn't end up going that way, I wrote it like this and I'm glad I did lol. I didn't add the soulmate plot line in until after I had completely finished writing it, which is why it seems a little weird in some spots because I literally had to go through and write the soulmate part after I had written pretty much the entire thing.

P.s. I kind of hate this chapter. I rewrote it like 7 different times and I'm still not sure I like the way it turned out... I couldn't quite get the ending right but... oh well. It's better now than it was before lol

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I stood motionless as the guards stared at me, waiting for me to tell them what to do. I don't know how long I stood there in complete shock before my brain caught up to what was happening. My eyes widened and I started running towards the door. The guards jumped out of my way as I barreled through the door. It closed loudly behind me as I came to a stop. It was dark out, but I could see the outline of him standing in front of me. He was here. Phil was here. He started to say something, but I held my finger up to my mouth telling him to be quiet. I grabbed his hand and pulled him down one of the paths to the side of the castle. I pushed him through an opening in a bush and he landed on his butt on the other side. I stepped through carefully and looked around to make sure no one could see us in here.

"Dan-"

"Shh!" we weren't in view of any of the windows. I sighed in relief and dropped my shoulders. "Okay, we're okay now" I had to be careful. No one could see him with me.

"What's going on?" Phil asked in confusion. I finally turned to face Phil. My heart was in my throat. He looked so good. His black hair was swept back away from his forehead and he was wearing the most amazing suit I had even seen. I put my hands on his chest and let out a breathy sigh.

"WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN!?" I punched his shoulder. Phil yelped in surprise. "You left! You promised me that you would be at the ball and then you disappeared an-" the words got caught in my throat. I missed him so much, and I needed an explanation from him. But first...

I pulled him into a deep kiss. I couldn't stand not kissing him for another minute. He gripped my hips tightly as he started to kiss me back. I leaned into him, and then I pushed him away. He stumbled back and almost fell down. I couldn't decide if I wanted to be mad at him or if I wanted to kiss him. Part of my wanted to do both. "What the fuck! I thought something happened to you! I though that I made you up. I that I was going crazy but then I'd see my tattoo and be reminded that you were real, you just weren't here and I-" he held a finger up to my lips.

"Let me explain, please" he said desperately. He lowered his hand. I stayed silent. "I didn't mean to just leave you like that with no explanation. I'm sorry, and I know anything I tell you just going to sound like a lame excuse" he ran his fingers through his hair. "Let me explain" he repeated. I nodded. "Do you remember that last night that I saw you?" he asked. I nodded again. "I was late because Amelia wasn't feeling well so I had to help out cleaning the kitchen. Well when I got back, she was worse. She couldn't even get out of bed by the time I got there" my eyes started to widen.

"...What?" he licked his lips and continued.

"My parents didn't know what to do. We took her to several doctors in town that day, but none of them helped. They didn't have the supplies to help her. So we took her to a doctor a few towns over who knew how to deal with her illness. For a while... we didn't think she was going to make it" his voice got really quiet. "I wanted to come tell you we were leaving, but I didn't have time. I wanted so many times to just come back myself, but if Amelia had died while I was gone... I don't think I could've forgiven myself" he looked at me apologetically.