The Lost Princess

XXV

William

We walk to the dungeon in silence. The only sound was the stomping of our boots against the floor. In front of his cell where eight guards, with two of them marching in a circle. When they see us, all the guards separate and we walk inside the cell.

He sits there, his once bright royal clothing dirty with black soot from the fire and blood from his burns. He looks at me, his left eye barely open. He tries to laugh but staggers a cough with small amounts of blood dripping from it.

"If it isn't the 'kings'. Ignorant fools," he cackles, his voice rough and hoarse.

"Did I instruct you to speak?" Aaron boomed. He looked at a guard who nodded and lashed Derek. Derek screams loud.

Aaron motions to the guard who prides Derek's head up. Derek looks at Aaron with eyes filled with anger and hatred. "Your crimes against this country are insurmountable. We won't even give you a trial. The death penalty is what the court has decided," Aaron says in a calm voice.

Derek spits bright blood on Aaron's cheek, which earns him more lashes. Derek continues to scream. Aaron and Peter's faces read the common emotion between us all, "I don't care of your pain."

"You let Sedrick sleep with Emerald. Why?" I ask.

He chuckles, "Cause he was looking at her. So I made him a promise I knew he couldn't refuse."

"She's pregnant." Peter barks.

Derek's eyes go wide open. He shakes his head, "No way! They used contraception that time-" Then, he yelled in anger, "That son of a b*tch!

Cursing got him two lashes. Derek looked up with actual pain in his eyes, "He raped my daughter."

"And you knew, and did nothing to stop it. Even if you hadn't committed all your other crimes, you would still be a disgusting human being," I say, gritting my teeth.

"I can't even look at you," Former King Edward said, "I spent 16 years looking for my daughter. And you allowed a man to violate Emerald's innocence. What kind of father are you?"

"A better one than you! It doesn't take 16 years to find someone who was right under your nose!" Derek shots, "Ashlyn was a baby and you didn't even save her from the wicked woman."

"It was your fault she was even with Deliah!" Peter screams.

Derek turns to him, "Oh, you think you're tough. How come you didn't save her? You knew about her abuse since she was 12 and didn't do anything to stop it. Ha, you're even worse than him. You couldn't protect her! You couldn't save her as she was beaten and r-!"

POW
CRACK

Peter slammed his fist into Derek's face. It knocks Derek unconscious. My mouth hangs open as everyone stares at Peter in shock. His face is red with anger, "He's right."

He storms out of the dungeon. His hands still bloody. I didn't know why I was so shocked. I knew Peter would eventually get to that point. But, seeing Derek's nose break and hearing the crack of his bones while seeing how Peter didn't really care, it was a lot for me to take in.

"Wow.." Aaron said. I nod. Wow was the right word, indeed.

Ohmygosh I finally updated right! Sorry, I've been really busy. I know this chapter is really really short and stuff, but I didn't know what else to do. I hope and pray that I didn't loose any of you faithful readers. I love you guys very much.

- Leslie ❤️