(Third book) Philip Hamilton X Reader: The almost truth can beguile

-Chapter 31: Reckless-

"You know, I've been wondering," John said as he tightened the ropes around Arahz's body, pressing his boot against his back. Arahz let out a whimper as the air was knocked out of him. "Whatever happened to the son of Hamilton?" 

"Philip?" Y/N asked as she sat down on the bed on the other side of the room. "I don't know," She sighed. Arahz kept quiet as John tied the final knot and left him tied up in the corner. "I don't even know where Alexander is," 

"Do you know where Y/N is?" Jones asked John. "She's right there," John said and pointed at Y/N who was sitting on the bed. "I meant the queen," Jones sneered. "Oh... Well, this is going to get confusing real quick," John said and rubbed his temples.

"I haven't seen the queen," John sighed in confusion. "Does he know anything?" Y/N asked nodding toward Arahz. "Well if he does then that'd help us a lot," George quietly said, encouraging his son. 

"Even if I was willing to help you, I'd betray my mother and I would never that," Arahz said clearly irritated. "Look, son. I didn't want it to come this far," John said, approaching the prince. "But you're forcing my hand here," He said, pulling out his sword. "Wowowowowowow, calm down, mister sword pants," Jones sneered, ushering John away. "How many weapons is that guy carrying?" He sighed under his breath as he turned to Arahz.

"Look. We don't want to overthrow the kingdom. We want to grab Philip and head outta here," Jones explained. "Well, that's tough luck for you, Bucko. Because I don't know this Philip person," Arahz said. "Hold up a minute. Yes, you do!" Y/N yelled from the other side of the room.

As she said that, Arahz tensed up a bit. "You were talking to him at the ball!" She said. "J'accuse!" She yelled, jumping up and walking toward him. But as Arahz shot her an ice-cold glare, she sheepishly backed away. "My bad, my bad," She nervously laughed.

"Can you tell us anything at all?" Jones tried again, pushing past Y/N who, for once, was glad to stand at the sidelines. Arahz, who knew Philip would get in trouble if he didn't say anything, groaned loudly before saying: "I know where Philip is," He admitted. "Oh sh*t, he does know something!" John yelled.

"Did you hear that?" 

Outside the bedroom were two guards in the hall, making sure Arahz couldn't escape. John had just spoken a bit too loudly. "Aw shiet," John whispered as the two guards approached the door. "Prince? Is everything alright?" One of the guards asked as he pulled out his keys to unlock the door. 

"Quick, John. We need a plan!" Jones said. "I don't have a plan!" John yelled as he began pondering out loud. "Well, you better quickly come up with one because we're about to caught by royal guards!" Jones yelled back and grabbed John by the collar. 

After a moment of fondling with the keys, the guard finally found the right one and unlocked the door. The room was surprisingly empty except for John who was sitting on the windowsill, back faced to the night sky outside.

"Where is the prince?!" The guard asked. "Don't know, haven't seen the brat," John shrugged before leaning and then fully falling back into the nothingness. The guard gasped as they hurried up to the window to see John hanging onto a rope.

They then noticed the tensioned rope, tied to one of the pillars in the bedroom. "See ya, f*ckers!" John saluted before swinging inside from the nearest window where the rest of his crew waited. Now they were in the middle of an empty hall.

"That was way too close," Y/N sighed. "Now all of China knows we're here," Jones rubbed his temples. "And now we have a timer set to find Philip before we all get caught," John sighed. "So you better start talking, bruv," He demanded. 

"Fine," Arahz spat as he folded his arms. "I found Philip in the dungeons when he was trying to save you," He said and pointed at Y/N. "He overheard something and decided to find some evidence in Samuel's office. That's the last time I saw him before I got sent to my room," 

"Wow. Your mother grounded you. How old are you-" "SHUT IT!" Arahz yelled as Y/N began mocking him. Y/N, still afraid as f*ck, put her hands up and stepped behind Jones who continued the conversation. "So we should head there?" He asked. 

"Well, we have just pissed off two guards who will surely alert the rest of the British army about our presence. I don't think we'll get to Philip in time before they catch all of us," John sighed. "So what? We leave?" Jones asked. "I know you want to press on and find Philip but we can't risk all our lives for his," John said in response.

"That's a load of horse sh*t!" Y/N yelled at him. "If Philip stood here instead of me, he would not give up on finding me! So I'm not either!" She stated. "But would Philip want you to risk your life for his?" John asked which hit hard. He was right.

But was Y/N going to give in to a man that abandoned his wife and child and faked his own death? Was she going to bow down in shame as this man told her what to do even though he hasn't been there for her entire life? Oh, you already know that it is about to go down.

"I don't care what Philip wants! I'm staying here to help him out!" She said. "Y/N, we don't even know where he is," John said, trying to rationalize her outburst. 

"Arahz said where he last saw him! Maybe he's still there!" 

"Calm down, you're throwing a fit."

"Oh so now you care if I'm being an obnoxious brat? Not when I was a literal baby and keeping my mother up at night with my wails?"

"This is not the time, Y/N-"

"Don't lecture me!"

"I have all the right to lecture you! I'm your father, like it or not,"

"You never acted like a father and I don't even see you like one!"

"That's too bad then, isn't it? We're stuck in the same blood-line!"

"No, we're not!"

"Yes, we are!"

"No, we're not! You're not my father!" 

The yelling abruptly ended as the final statement echoed through the walls. Jones, George, and Arahz silently stood aside as the two cooled down. "What's that supposed to mean?" John asked after a while. Y/N shakily exhaled. "Arahz had a twin sister who allegedly died at birth," She said making Arahz look up.

"I saw a document in Samuel's office and that's how I got caught. He later told me that..." She let out her last breath before saying. "That I'm the twin sister,"