The Royals Season 5

The Jump

This takes place right after the Season 4 finale of The Royals. The plan is to make this a sort of Season 5 of the show, and I'm planning on making it around 15-20 chapters. Most POVs will be in Eleanor's POV, but if there are any requests for any other POV's, let me know and I'll see if I can.

Eleanor took a deep drag of her cigarette, the hot air warming her from the chilly cold air of the night. She was sat upon the bench outside the palace, near the gardens, and she had begun to think of this place as not just hers, where she used to come to get high and to cry, but as her little family spot, with her mother, Helena, and her brother, Liam.

    It was where she had some really good and fond talks with them.

    Which was especially needed after that shit show of a wedding between her other brother, Robert, and his now wife Willow.

    Eleanor shook her head as she thought back to that horrible day which happened just yesterday.

    "I do," Willow said, smiling at her newly wed husband, Robert.

    Eleanor was sure she hadn't heard her right. What happened to the grand, epic speech that Willow was supposed to say to bring to light all the evil Robert had done? To make him step down as King, and have Liam take his rightful place as the King.

    The words Willow spoke kept echoing around the church, and inside of Eleanor's head. I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do...

    How could she?

    After everything that had gone so wrong, Eleanor had so foolishly hoped that perhaps this time life would go right for her and her family. But perhaps, all of their sins from the past, had finally caught up to the Henstridge's. Perhaps they didn't deserve a shot at redemption, even though they tried and planned to do right this time.

    Eleanor could feel herself begin to hyperventilate, and out of the corner of her eye she saw movement, and turned to see Liam, beginning to ascend the steps towards the newly wed couple who were currently kissing, while the crowd around them applauded lightly, and the music swelled to a majestic high.

    She saw Jasper drag Liam by the back of his uniform, talking quietly and quickly into his ear. She could imagine Jasper telling her brother to relax, that they'll figure out where to go from here, that it'll be alright because it would be, right?

    It had to be.

    Eleanor closed her eyes, and tried to breathe slowly and deeply, but she couldn't stop the panic from rising in her.

    She needed a drink. Or ten. And a smoke. Or ten.

    She opened her eyes to see the happy couple, wave at everyone, as they descended the stairs and strolled down the aisle, arm in arm, and suddenly everything went still and quiet.

    As Willow and Robert passed by her, Robert cut a look towards her, one full of cunning and mirth, with victory sketched at the edges of his smile, while Willow gave her a pleasant, but blank, look.

    Eleanor tried to convey as much betrayal and anger as she could in her own look, but Willow looked away the next second.

    A headache was pounding at her temple, and while everyone shuffled around her to go out after the couple at the entrance of the church, Eleanor brushed past her mother to go out the exit near the stage where no one else was.

    Jasper caught her eye, but he still had a hold of Liam who looked pissed, and she glanced away before he could say or do something to stop her, and as soon as she was at the door, she was out and running, running so fast and hard, feeling the muscles in her thighs burn, feeling her blood boil, feeling the adrenaline thrum through her entire body and it burned so good.