The Heir

Chapter twelve

~two weeks later~

Here i sit on my bed with a plastic test with a small plus on it.

What have i done?
Why did i do this?

He isnt part of the selection. He is my guard for crying out loud. Just then i hear a knock on my door. I quickly put the test under the pillow and dry my face.

"Come in." i yell.

"Rose-" richard stops when he notices something is wrong. "What's wrong Rose?" He runs up to me and kisses me hard on the mouth.

"Nothing is wrong Rich." and then i start crying.

"Rose look at me." he says.

When i don't look at him, he grabs my chin and makes me look at him. Oh i hope our child has his eyes.

"What is wrong?" He says.

I take a deep breath "Im pregnant." i say shacking.

He looks at me in shock. "But it was only one time."

"It only takes one time Rich." i say pulling away from him.

"Honey-" i hear my mother say walking in the room.

She sees me crying and him in total shock. She looks back out the hallway and comes back in and closes the door.

"You get out i need to talk to my daughter." she says pointing at Richard.

As soon as he leaves, she comes and sits next to me. "You never where a bad kid. Never broke the rules or misbehaved. But as soon as he got here you went down a total different road." she says.

"Mom you chose 35 guys to come here. You weren't thinking that the 36th guy could be the one." i say looking down at the floor.

"Did you guys have sex?" She asked plain out.

I whisper very quietly "yes."

"Are you pregnant?" She says.

"Yes" i say to her.

"When we have it we will put it up for adoption and tomorrow i will give him a new job in a different part of the castle." she stands up to leave.

"NO." I yell at her.

She whipped around so fast and got in my face "What did you just say to me?"

I look her right in the eyes and said "No."

"Who do you think you are? I am your Queen, what i say goes." she says to me.

"You know mom i dont care who i am any more. I fell in love with him and if you dont give me your blessing i will become and 8." i hiss her.

She looks right at me and says two words i never thought my mom would say to me. "Go Ahead." and she walks out.

I run to my dresser and grab my back pack and fill it with money, cloths and my trusty gun rich gave me.

"Rose?" Rich walks in when im getting dressed in a pair of jeans and a flannel.

"Im leaving here." i say.

"Wait what? You cant." he says walking in.

"My mom gave me permission so i am. Are you coming or not." i said.

"Of course i am, common follow me to my room." and i run with him to the basement where the staff sleep.

When we get to his room he grabs a duffle bag and packs all his belongings in it. I look around his room. It is small, very small. I look at pictures of his family.

"You know you never told me what caste you were in before." i say sitting on his bed.

"I was a four." he says packing the test of his things.

"Common the truck is about to leave. Tonight is the day they get food." He grabs my hand.

"Wait i think i may be sick." I say grabbing my stomach.

"The toilet is right there." he points as i run to it.

Once im down we run to the truck and get in the back of the truck just as it is leaving. I can't believe I'm doing this.