13th Clan

Trust Me

Lexa POV

"How can you trust him? He betrayed you once already!" I was angry at Clarke. She did not discuss this plan with me. Instead, she sent Bellamy and Lincoln to the reaper tunnels without informing me. I felt betrayed. We were making every plan together. This involved both of our people.

"He volunteered and he can protect himself against the Mountain Men. Trust me, Lexa."

Of course I trust her. Its him. He betrayed his own people and now he is being trusted to help them. I don't understand how Clarke came to this idea. How can she trust him?

"I do trust you, Clarke." I hesitated to express my worries. It is done and worrying about what may happen will not help.

"Thank you." Clarke steps closer to me and gives me a quick kiss. "Raven bought a radio here so we can communicate with Bellamy."

Clarke leads me out of my tent and where Raven has set up in Tondc. I still do not understand the Sky People's technology and it makes my people nervous but it has proven useful so far.

"Hey Clarke, Commander." Raven's tone of voice lost all emotions when she said my title. She sounded happy with Clarke's though.

"Hey, any word from..." Clarke was interrupted.

"I'm going to stop you there. First of all, it's only been a few hours since they left. Bellamy will contact us when he can. Second, if you are not around when he checks in I will immediately sent for you. Stop worrying." Raven rolled her eyes at Clarke and continued working on the radio.

"Inform me if anything changes with the plan. I have other matters to attend." I quickly left not allowing Clarke a chance to speak to me. I did have other matters to attend and I began to look for Indra. However, I knew part of me still felt hurt that Clarke did not discuss this matter before she sent Bellamy.

"Indra." I spotted her near the healer's building. "What did Kane say?"

"He agreed. I am rounding up a few trusted warriors now. We will return to Arkadia in the morning to start the training."

I nodded slightly to her. I offered Kane to train some of his people to fight. I feel our people have a positive future together and this will help bring us closer together.

"Heda, do you think it is wise to train them? They are already use technology like the Mountain Men." Indra always questions my decisions. She is very blunt in her opinions.

"We need to learn to trust and help each other if we want this alliance to continue after the war." Usually I would not explain myself but Indra was different. She was one of the few that earned my explanations.

Indra nodded and left. I knew I had othe matters to deal with but they were not as important. I decided to head back to my tent. I was still bothered by Clarke. Nobody has ever affected me like her. Yes, I had Costia but this is different. Keeping my head and my heart separated is harder with Clarke.

Before I entered my tent, I told Gustus to make sure nobody bothers me unless it's an emergency. I entered my tent to find Clarke sitting on my bed. She was drawing but she looked distracted from it. When she looked up, she immediately stopped drawing and came to me.

"I'm sorry. I should of discussed it with you before I sent Bellamy. I was worried about my people and I wanted answers immediately."

"I know. You care for them. I am here for your people too." I didn't want to admit the next part but I knew I should. "It is a good plan. Getting him to disable the acid fog and rallying our people inside. It's just..."

"You don't trust him. I understand. He did try to destroy the radio to contact the others on the Ark. He did not want to hurt us though. He did not know that the Ark was failing and our people were dying." Listening to Clarke defend him bothered me even more.

"He had a gun pointed at you." I was annoyed and it was showing through my voice.

"Yes, only because I stepped in front of it. He didn't fire though. I knew he wouldn't. I told you this that night." Clarke's voice slightly rose as she spoke.

"You were protecting him from me." I spat towards her. Of course, I was the dangerous one in that situation even though he was the one in the wrong.

"Yes but also I was protecting us." I was surprised by her statement. "I didn't want to create a rift between our people because it would make it harder for me to be with you. Lexa, I care for you and I want to be with you."

All the feelings of betrayal and frustration left me when she said that. I stepped closer to her and connected our lips. I wanted her to know that I wanted to be with her too. I poured all my emotions into my kiss as it deepens. Her left hand cupped my jaw as her tongue asked for permission. I granted it as my right hand tangled in the back of her hair. Our other hands roamed each other's body.

She turned me and pushed me towards my bed. When my legs hit the edge of the bed, I sat down and looked at up at her. Her blue eyes were darkened and I felt like I could drown in them and would not mind. I knew she wanted to be with me and I wanted the same thing.