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

-Chapter 32: What you're defending is already gone-

"We're leaving,"

John headed to the window and checked how to get to the ground as quickly as possible. "John, take it easy," Jones suggested. Without another word, John grabbed the rope and bound it tightly so they could climb down the side and escape via the woods. "I don't care if she comes along or not, but I'm leaving," He said and swung the rope out. "And I'm not coming back here," 

"But Philip-" "Philip this, Philip that, I don't care!" John yelled as Y/N tried to argue back. "Now, have a wonderful life, your Majesty. Buh-bye," John said, stuck out his tongue and jumped out the window, holding tightly onto the rope. 

"What a jerk," Jones sighed. "But the jerk is right. We need to leave," George said. "We can discuss this later, we already lost too much time with this argument," He told Y/N and the turned to his son. "Arahz, I don't know if you'll tell on us but know we don't want trouble," 

Arahz looked away and turned around to make it appear that he didn't see or hear a thing. "I'll make sure nothing happens to Philip. Now leave," He finally said. Even though that didn't reassure Y/N at all, she sighed and said "Thank you, Arahz," Before following Jones and George who had already started their descent into the darkness below. 

As she was descending, Y/N realized that Alexander was also still in the castle. Knowing better than to chase after another Hamilton, she set her feet down on the grass and started booking after George and Jones who were already heading inside the forest.

That left Arahz alone in the hall. It had been a lot to take in from the get-go. Both his father and twin sister appeared at the same time and he didn't know how to handle it. 

"Prince!" A guard came running into the hall. "Are you okay, your majesty?" He asked. "I'm fine," Arahz answered simply. "Do you know where the intruders are?" 

"Not a clue."

"Is that the only thing he said?" The queen asked the guard who had told her everything that happened. "He stayed rather silent as we brought him back to his room. Maybe he was a bit shaken up. I sent my troops around the castle and into town. We'll find them, my queen," He said making the queen narrow her eyes.

"Do you even know who you're looking for?" She asked. "We're gathering information in town, ma'am," The guard answered. She stared ahead of herself for a while, thinking of what to do next. Obviously, the intruders were somehow connected to her daughter and now Arahz knew something more than he would want to admit. "Tell Samuel to go to Arahz's room to interrogate him," She ordered. "Tell the guests to leave but don't tell them why," 

And so the orders were followed. And as Samuel headed up to talk to Arahz, the guests left the castle and headed back to their homes. 

"Prince, can I come in?" Samuel asked as he knocked on the bedroom door. "I guess," Arahz sighed before Samuel unlocked the door and stepped inside. "I heard those intruders got a hold of you," Were his first words as he entered. "You must be a bit shaken up," 

Arahz was laying on his bed, staring up at the wooden frame above. "A bit," He lied as Samuel approached the bed. Arahz knew very little about what had happened at his birth. All he could hold onto now was that he couldn't trust Samuel or his mother until he knew the truth. 

"Can I ask you some questions before you take time to rest?" Samuel asked. "Sure," He answered and sat up. 

"Can you recall any details about the intruders? Anything that might help us out?" 

"I was very scared. I can't recall a thing," Arahz lied. Somehow Samuel knew that he was not completely truthful. "How about their gender? You must've heard that in their voices," He asked. "I think they were male," Arahz shrugged. 

"All of them?"

"... All of them," Arahz confirmed as he looked outside, away from Samuel. As he looked away, Samuel's piercing eyes stared at the back of Arahz's head. Almost cutting and slicing the young man's soul, he twitched his eye in annoyance. 

No matter the timeline, her bloodline will always lie their way to their happy ending

Sudden sharp pain in the form of a headache hit Arahz. He grunted as he turned away from the window and held his head in his hands. "Are you okay, prince?" Samuel asked as Arahz rubbed his eyes. "Yes, I don't know where that came from," He sighed.

"I was meaning to ask you," Samuel nonchalantly began. "Who was that servant that was with you in the dungeon?" He asked. "Just a guy that accompanied me," Arahz said quickly. "Really? I have never ever seen him here before. You two seemed to also be talking a lot when you were still in the ballroom," Samuel said, staring at him with those same piercing eyes. "If I didn't know better, I'd say you're covering for him," He said.

"I'm not!" Arahz told him. "I can always just ask the kitchen staff if he's one of the slaves," Samuel said, almost sounding like a threat. "Why bother? They don't know everything," Arahz quickly said. "You seem to be awfully concerned about him," Samuel commented. "Well, you'd be wasting your time," Arahz answered. 

"For the safety of our country, nothing is a waste of my time," Samuel said. "What? Do you think he could be the demise of our country? A slave? You are delusional," Arahz blurted out. "Right. I'm the one who's delusional," Samuel said. "What did you say?" Arahz asked as he stood up from his bed and faced Samuel directly. 

"Temper, prince," He warned as he put a hand on Arahz's shoulder. "We just want the best for you and I think you're being misled by these people. I know you. You're very observant and bright. You know exactly what each and every intruder looked like. You just don't want to tell us because you think they're not dangerous," He said making Arahz tense up.

"But if you tell me what they looked like, I can show you how dangerous they really are,"  He said. "Come on. Tell me and I promise you that all the complicated thoughts will disappear," Arahz looked up at Samuel. He sighed and said: 

"As I said, I don't know what they looked like," 

After he said, that he lifted Samuel's hand off his shoulder. "Now I'd like to get some rest," He told him. "Leave," Even though Samuel's calm smile remained on his face, his eyes had been glaring harshly. 

"As you wish, your majesty," And so Samuel disappeared via the door.