Terms of Peace

I'm Sorry, I Don't Take Orders. I Barely Take Suggestions.

Aileen POV

That boy is wild and how the hell I am supposed to control his crazy ass. Lord help me I prayed. 

We had finally made it back home to a very angry group and rather large group of people standing on the steps. "We got this princesita" he whispered in my ear as I nodded before he slid down from the saddle, deciding to play it up a little bit I swung one leg over so that I was fully facing him and let myself slide down from the saddle into his arms. 

"Might as well be dramatic" to which he laughed since no one else could hear us. If we were gonna face the mob we might as well do it together. At least we made the perfect team: Chris had the height and the build and I had the attitude and the sass, might as well have him to back me up. Plus the way Denise was glaring at us as she was holding Mimi made me really glad I could use him as a human shield. Turning to hand Mimi to Zabdiel, Denise made her way over to where Chris and I stood with his arm resting on my shoulder with my hand on his arm. Damn we looked like a real power couple. We barely had time to brace ourselves before the beating started.

"CHRISTOPHER BRYANT VELEZ MUÑOZ. DONDE HAS ESTADO? DONDE ESTÁ AILEEN? COMÓ TE ATREVES A ESCAPAR CON ELLA"! (CHRISTOPHER BRYANT VELEZ MUÑOZ. WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? WHERE IS AILEEN? HOW DARE YOU RUN OFF WITH HER!)

"Ella está justo aquí Denise"  (She's right here Denise.) He gestured with his free hand towards me so I was assuming that they were talking about me, not mention the fact that I'm pretty sure I heard my name somewhere in Denise's rant. 

"Como te atreves a escaparte con ella sin decirle a nadie?! Te pudiste haber herido o sido secuestrado! Que si algo le hubiera pasado a Aileen por tus acciones estupidas?! Deberías saber más que esto, idiota. Especialmente porque no te llevaste a un guarda. Tengo que apuntar a dos chaperones para que te sigan a donde sea que vayas?"("How dare you run off with her without telling anyone! You could have been hurt or kidnapped. What if something had happened to Aileen because of your stupid actions?  You should know better than that you idiot. Especially since you didn't take any guards with you. Am I going to have to give you two chaperones to constantly follow you around?")

"Oh, Dios mío, cálmate Denise. Nadie se metería conmigo o con ella si estoy allí con ella. Nunca dejaría que le pasara nada y tú lo sabes al amor de mi vida. Y los dos somos adultos, no necesitamos una chaperona. Dejemos que la niña viva un poco, la alejamos de su familia y su hogar, no le hace daño a nadie darle libertad y emoción después de todo lo que queremos que sea feliz aquí con nosotros." ("Oh my gosh calm down Denise. Nobody would mess with me or her if I'm there with her. I would never let anything happen to her and you know that to the love of my life. And we are both adults we don't need a chaperone. Let the girl live a little, we took her away from her family and home, it doesn't hurt anyone to give her some freedom and excitement after all we do want her to be happy here with us.") 

"Uuuuuummmmmmmmm I still don't speak Spanish so could someone translate or explain what the hell is going on here" I questioned as Chris was flinching away from Denise who pulled a sandal out of god knows where and started beating him with it. He ducked behind me using me as a human shield, whispering in my ear "basically she's yelling at me for not telling anyone that we were gone and that we didn't take anyone with us". "To be fair it was probably not smart of us to do that" I joked as I moved to the side and let Chris to his fate before I felt a strong hand grab my upper arm and yank me away from the two. 

"Lady Denise is right Ro, you could have been seriously hurt or kidnapped or murdered. You are smarter than that. What would your parent think of you being so irresponsible" Ethan started yelling and the grip on my arm tightened causing me to wince out in pain as I could already feel the bruises start to form. Grabbing my other arm with the same strength he began to shake me "What would Maria and I have done if something had happened to you. We've already lost our home and we can't lose the one person who mean more than anything else in this world to us. I am ashamed of you, acting like a love-sick school girl instead of a princess". By the last part he was almost screaming and the grips on my arms became unbearable, I let out a small whimper and a few tears as I could feel his fingers leaving bruises all along my upper arms.

Quickly an arm wrapped around my waist from behind and I was pulled back into the muscular chest of someone much taller than me. I looked up to see Chris glaring daggers at Ethan as Richard and Joel quickly came to restrain him from getting any closer to where I stood in the arms of the king. 

"Don't you dare touch her like that again. She is the future Queen of this country and you are her guard, you are supposed to keep her from harm yet here you are causing her pain. From now on you aren't to be around her unless someone else is there, that is if she even wants you around at all" Chris began pulling me away from Ethan stood, placing my hand on his I stopped him and when I looked up into his eyes he gave me a sad smile, knowing full well that I wasn't going to listen fully. I was not going to let someone else speak up for me but the thought was nice. Making my way over to Ethan as Richard and Joel stepped back I punched Ethan in the arm as hard as I could causing him to wince and rub his arm. 

Shaking my pointer finger in his face "You are one of the people who knows me best in this world and you know full well I wouldn't just run off if I didn't think it was safe. You sir must understand this, I am no longer just your princess, I am the future queen to these people. You can't keep me to yourself or the place where we come from. It is my duty to get to know them and their beliefs and culture in order for me to be accepted and understand where I will be for the rest of my life and if you don't understand that or won't accept that I will send you back to Kildare as soon as the wedding is over. Do I make myself clear captain?"

Despite having to look up slightly to see him I could see Ethan give me a salute followed by the three fingers to the forehead before I turned around making my way past Christopher and Denise and the others, finally stopping before Zabdiel and Richard who had gone to stand beside him. Turning first to Zabdiel I spoke "As soon as possible at your earliest opportunity I want to start learning more about Loja had how things are run and trades and shipments" he nodded his agreement before I turned to Richard "and you sir I want to teach me more about fighting and defense, I am proficient with a dagger and a bow but it never hurts to learn something new". Richards smile grew twice as large "we can start tomorrow Your Highness". Smiling back at him I turned to face the rest of the group who was staring at me with mouths agape, except for Maria who instantly laughed and flounced her way up to me before glancing around and giving everyone her signature "you have something you should be doing look" as I shot Chris a knowing smirk before Maria pulled me into the palace with Chris hot on our heels. 

Sorry it's taken me so long to update guys, life has been a hot mess lately so I've had a hard time sitting down to write. Shoutout to @mariapimenteloficialfor helping me with all the translations! Well I hope you guys liked and please don't forget to vote, comment and share!!💕