Arrangements

Chapter 8: Return

Yo guys! Welcome back! So I have finally figured out way I'm going to do with Hammerhead thanks to @rorypondfoster so thanks very much for your help! Also, just wondering if based on the profile description at the start if you have any ideas what characters could represent everyone? So yeah. If you've got a suggestion or something let me know!
Enjoy this chapter guys. ♥♥♥

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Bella's pov:

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Since Ryuku started being nice to me today I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. But at around 2 o'clock I suddenly felt like something was really off. To avoid undoing his hard work to be nice to me, Ryu had avoided since this morning, and I couldn't talk to Evie because she had the day off. So I was stuck by myself until the end of the day worrying about what was wrong.

When school ended I could see Brooke all over Ryuku again, which both grossed me out and disgusted me at the same time. I knew I didn't have the right to be annoyed but I was any way.

When I walked outside of school, there was about 100 guards waiting for me as I said goodbye to my friends. Ballnu and Shamu explained I needed extra protection and my father would explain when I got home.

And so we drove home and my entourage escorts me inside. I ran straight up to my father's office, where he was meeting up with a bunch of counsel members.

"Dad! I wish to speak with my father. You may leave." I ordered the men.

They bowed and ran out, Calder muttering I had awful manners, and I looked at my father.

"What I going on?! Why am I being followed by 100 guards?!" I demanded.

"You received an assassination threat. We're working to protect you. Evie knows about it and so she is trying to help us figure out what's going on." Dad replied. "Sweetie I know you don't like it but I need you to cooperate with this one."

I nodded. "Okay then. I'll try. What did the officials want?"

"I was hoping you wouldn't ask that." Dad answered as Mom and Evie came in.

"Ask what?" Mom smiled kissing his cheek.

"Oh, uh. Geez I didn't want to tell anyone this. My Dad is here." Dad replied.

"Your Dad as in the evil pirate who hurt Maddy!?" I yelled.

"Yes. Him. The guards escorted him through to the dungeons on my orders. I thought it was suspicious you got a death threat and then he shows up. But I haven't said anything because I'm worried about how Ant would react if he knew the guy who hurt his wife is in Lemuria." Dad smiled wryly.

A sudden thud shocked me into looking up at my visibly pissed off Uncle and my aunt who looked nervous.

"You mean to tell me hammerhead is here!?" Ant yelled slamming his hands on my dad's desk.

"Ant you need to calm down." My mom said firmly.

I don't think even Maddy could pull him out of this one. He yelled at some guards to go find his son and then glared at my father.

"Why the hell would you Bring him here!? You know what he's done and you choose to just let him come back?" Ant yelled.

"No I didn't. My men didn't know who he was, he'd lost a lot of weight since I'd last seen him. But he requested am audience with the King and that can't be rejected. So he came to see me and after realising it was Dad I locked him in the dungeon." Dad answered.

"But he hurt you and your sister. You should have had him executed! There's no way you could possibly trust him!" Ant growled.

"You're right there's not. And I never said I could trust him. But he didn't even put up a fight when we arrested him. All he said was give me a chance. For all his faults he is still my father, and while I don't trust him as far as I can throw him I'm a man of principal. He still doesn't deserve to be made to pay for mistakes be made years ago." Dad replied firmly.