[Automatic] (An Aarmau AU)

[Chapter 24] Stay Alive

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The room was silent.

All the guest scurried out of the way, terrified as to what Shad might do next.

I stood there, silent, the cold metal sword pressed up against my throat. Everyone's eyes were on me, especially Aaron's. He was angry, someone who didn't know him might not be able to realize it at first, but I could tell his eyes were almost glowing red. He had to keep his composure, not just to save me but to save everyone in the hall.

One wrong move and they could all be dead.

"I understand Aaron", Shad continued, the sword still glazing my neck. "That you have developed quite the relationship with this peasant here"

I saw that Aaron was almost barring his teeth. "Let her go", he said, as calmly as he could. "She has no part in this, and never will"

I heard Shads deep laugh come from behind me. "Oh Aaron, this goes so much deeper then her just being involved with the war", he told him. "Tell me Aaron, what do you even know about her"

Stay calm stay calm

"Come one Aaron, answer the question"

Stay calm STAY CALM

"Why does it matter to you", Aaron asked, his fists clenched. "What we know about each other is between us"

Shad laughed again, this one more menacing then the first. "Well then you certainly know all the secrets she keeps"

Aaron stayed silent, and I started panicking even more.

"How about the fact that she killed her own mother"  

The crowded came alive once again, muttering to each other. I felt my heart start to racing faster.

"Or the fact that she was abandoned by her own father"

How did he know this, nobody knows this about me.

"Or maybe her biggest secret of all"

No

"Something she'll go to the most extreme lengths to keep from you"

No no no

"The thing she's most ashamed of in life"

NO

In one sudden motion the sword was off my neck, and my shirt sleeve was cut open. The fabric fell to the ground as the entire roomed starred at me. I tried to never let anyone see my arm, not since middle school. I could hear the crowd talking among themselves, talking about me.