The Bleeding Heart

Chapter 21

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The Bleeding Heart

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Chapter 21

It was all so sudden. 

A man in a tuxedo suddenly pulled out a sword, swinging it dangerously directly at Erielle.  Adrian instinctively pushed her behind him, cowering over her, “Erielle!  Watch out!”

He was cut in the cheek, falling on the floor almost immediately and Erielle knelt beside him at once, trying to protect him.

Around them, knights from both Orion and Aria attacked one another, with the civilians running away, trying to hide somewhere.  King Theodore, Queen Riza and Will were also led away.  Franchesca, being the one closest to Erielle, rushed towards her, a sword in hand.

“Eri, run,” Adrian said, trying to push Erielle away.  “Run!”

“No!”

The Arian was already about to plunge the sword when Franchesca barely blocked it by sliding through the floor, her heels knocked out of her feet.  “Don’t even think about it.”

“Franchesca Bradley…” Adrian gasped, gathering himself and Erielle on their feet.

“Don’t get too cocky, girly,” the Arian sneered.

“You’re the one who’s cocky,” Franchesca scoffed, attacking him, aggressively but he was able to dodge the hit.

“Pity to kill a girl like you,” he shook his head when he suddenly widened his eyes, his mouth started to fill with blood. 

Franchesca had already plunged the sword deep into his chest without another word, “Do you really think like that now?”

He glared at Franchesca, panting, “You…bitch.”

And he fell to the ground.

Franchesca turned to Erielle and Adrian, “I’m sorry you had to see that but you have to get out of here, now!”

The pair’s gaze went to the fallen Arian, to Franchesca’s blood stained sword and to Franchesca’s worried face.  “Erielle, we need to go,” Adrian grabbed the princess by the shoulders before grabbing her hand and making a run for it.

Franchesca then faced another opponent.

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Thanks for doing that, Elysia thought.  The skirt was getting in the way.

She dodged the man’s attacks narrowly and twisted her body, effectively kicking the man in the shin.  High heels are a very deadly weapon, she smirked to herself.

She then felt herself being knocked out of the way.  Glancing up, she saw Keith blocking an Arian’s deathblow towards her with his sword.  Gritting her teeth, Elysia took her sword tightly in her hands and finished off the man from behind.

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Arden had already gotten Anne to a safe place and when he returned to the damaged ball room, somebody suddenly yelled, “Retreat!”

Arden knew that it didn’t come from their side.  How would they possibly retreat when they were already in the home court?

So naturally, everyone stopped fighting and in an instant, the Arians filed out of the room in a hurry without so much as a glance back to the damage they’ve done to Princess Erielle’s Twentieth Masquerade Birthday Ball.