Silver King

Chapter 11 - Evangeline

I'm not sure if I'm gonna kill Cal or if I admire him.

In any way, Father is probably going to beat me to the killing part. He's steaming mad. You don't need to know him as well as I do to see it.

" This girl, this Red, she's ruining everything!"

Can't disagree on that one.

" She's not the one who made the announcement, though. Tiberias did." I don't know who said that, but I do know they're never coming back to court.

" I know that, Iral," father spits, " but he never would have said it had this girl not influenced him. "

No physical violence? Well, father must be very mad not to take the time to punish Iral. That makes me shut my mouth completely.

" Anyone wants to throw in an idea?" father asks, a cruel smile curling his lips. Nobody in their right mind would suggest an idea right now.

Against all odds, a voice rises.

" We could infiltrate them," mother suggests, her smile as vicious as father's.

They make eye contact and I see a conversation is going on between them, one I cannot understand. Their smile spreads, and not for the first time, I fear my parents. What are they up to?

" What about we send the future queen? " father says, smiling around, his eyes burning with hate.

Elane. My heart grips in my chest. They can't send her away, not when we were just reunited for a while longer. My gaze crosses hers, and I see panic in the eyes. My heart rips open in two, I bleed for the girl I love. With my eyes, I ask her to be patient, to be good. Her eyes become more focused, determined. No one else will know how troubled she is.

She steps up, towards father, head bowed to him.

" It would be my honor to help the kingdom," she murmurs.

I feel a burst of love for her explode in my chest. She's marvelous. She can conceal it all so well.

Father dismisses her graciously, and she exits the room, walking backwards, head bowed. I fight the urge to run after her. I can still see her tonight, I tell myself.

Father smirks my way, knowing exactly what is happening in my head. Why does he take so much pleasure in seeing me in pain?

That night, Elane slips in my room, and huddles close to me on my bed. I softly kiss her lips, and she buries her head in my neck. I rest my cheek on her fire curls, closing my eyes in sadness as she shakes with panicked tears. She's scared of going there, and I'm scared for her. Why did father send her there? What will they think of her? What will happen to her? And most of all, why do we have to be separated so soon? I tighten slightly my grip on her, and so does she. I softly pull her chin up towards me and smile slightly, and she smiles back. At least for now, we are together. And we should make the most of it. She kisses me. And I let myself go in my love for the invisible girl.

In the morning, when we wake up, limbs tangled up together, I whisper in her ear that she can do it, that she's the strongest person I know and that I love her.

I'm curious, even if it's Elane going, of how they'll handle this. Somehow inside of me, I know it's a good idea. And I want to see how they pull it off.