Why me?

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————time skip 1 month ————

Dallon's POV

I woke up one morning to Gerard knocking on my door. I immediately noticed that Ryan was not in bed but he was an early riser and sometimes liked to take walks around the castle when he couldn't sleep. That often led to him falling asleep in random locations like the dining room table. "Your Majesty. You must come immediately. It's about King Ryan" I heard Gerard call and my heart sank. Jumping out of bed, I grabbed the first set of clothes that I could find and sprinted down to the throne room where my parents, Gerard, Frank and Ray were all stood around my throne. "What's going on?" I demanded as soon as I got their attention. Frank timidly held a note out to me. "It's addressed to you but Ray opened it to make sure that it wasn't dangerous." he whispered as I took the note from him. I opened it with shaking hands and began to read what it said.

Dear King Dallon, 

I have no doubt that you have worked out that I was the one to take Ryan. I know your not stupid. I had no intentions of giving him back however I have come up with a suitable payment in return for his safety. I want both of you to step down from your royal duties and crown me as the new king. Do so, and I will return Ryan to you. Fail to do so, and I will kill him. You have until the end of the month to decide.

David Seaman

I looked up furiously. How dare he ask to be king. I crumpled up the note up viciously. "I have to go and find Ryan. There's no way that I'm letting that monster of a human be king." I said and angrily and stormed out of the room before anyone had a chance to protest.

It didn't take me long to prepare a horse and gather enough supplies to last us a few days. I decide that I should head towards Ryan's old house as it might have some clues as to where Ryan might be. I made my way downtown, smiling and waving at a few passers by in order to keep suspicion low. However I was stopped by a girl, around mine and Ryan's age. "Can I help you madam?" I asked politely but she shook her head. "Is Ryan missing?" she asked bluntly and I looked at her in surprise. "I knew it..." she whispered but before I had time to ask her what she meant, she was pointing at the forest. "Ryan used to be my neighbor but ever since he moved to the castle, we could hear his father yelling about how he was going to get revenge on you and Ryan for runing his plan of becoming king. He spoke of a cabin in the woods that he and his wife used to go to, it's near the lake. If there's anywhere you should look, it's there." she said quickly. "Thank you Miss..." I began but trailed off when I realised that I didn't know her name. "Amy Lee Hartzler." she finished. I nodded and I began began to ride towards the woods.

A/n ok so I'm back and we are on the final few chapters. I hope you enjoyed!