𝔐𝔶 𝔉𝔞𝔦𝔯 𝔏𝔞𝔡𝔶 (ℜ𝔢𝔶𝔩𝔬 𝔉𝔞𝔫𝔣𝔦𝔠)

Chapter Twenty: To Keep You Safe

"I'll be honest.
Not all may seem right.
Neither will it fall straight.
But I'll be there to hold your hand.
From all harms way.
If I can, I'll keep you safe."

Created by me.

Ben's POV

I was glad to have been making Rey's day.

She seemed beside herself with joy. 

That only seemed to put a smile on my face as I looked at her.

We enjoyed our time in our little world for a while longer before shouts were heard from afar.

The deer scattered every-which way.

Then smoke started to form above the edges of the trees, not too far from us both.

I could only imagine the worst...

"Oh no! Mother! We have to go! What if she's in danger?!"

Rey became very distressed. She seemed to sink smaller than herself with the fear she held in her eyes.

"All we could hope for... is that nobody's hurt. But we'll leave at once." I took her gentle hand in mine.

She delivered a gentle squeeze to my hand, giving me a small smile as if to say thank you.

When we both arrived at the castle...well...it wasn't pretty at all.

The castle was on fire, the air was filled with the cries and shouts of those caught victim to the attack.

Without warning Rey had hopped off the horse and was now running straight into the castle to look for her mother.

I took no time in tying up the horse as I immediately followed her, drawing my sword.

If anything was possible...I wanted her safety above all else.

And for some odd reason I knew this attack was personal.

It was about Rey, whether she knew or not wasn't the case.

But knowing 'who' and 'why' was the question.

At least, it would've been the question if it wasn't for me already knowing the answer.

Just when Rey was about to stumble I caught her.

"Don't be in too much of a hurry, you'll get hurt."

Being quite flustered and on edge she could only nod with a desperate glance before continuing her search for her mother, Cordelia.

Rey was about to go upstairs.

Just when I was close to following once more I felt the need to look behind me...and there Cordelia was...in the arms of General Hux who held a knife to her throat, drawing blood.

"Rey! Come down here, I found her!"

"Really?!" She ran down the stairs and stood still, petrified...in shock to see what I saw.

"..mother..." she whispered with tears in her eyes.

And just as a lightning bolt would hit the ground, in an instant, Rey became furious and snapped.

I held her back as she started to clench her hands on my arms, trying to part from my hold on her.

"Let go of me!! That carrot-duke-of-limbs will pay!"

"Rey...you need to keep a leveled head or you won't win. Don't let rage overcome you. Please." I spoke softly to her as she calmed down.

"They have her Ben...please do something..." tears fell from her eyes like rain.