The Trials and Tribulations of Love [BBC Robin Hood ] || Guy of Gisborne x OC

Chapter 17: Poison

CHAPTER SUMMARY: The Nightwatchman's reputation gets soiled by the outbreak of a poison. Guy and Katherine continue to mend their relationship.

CHAPTER 17 - Poison

NOTTINGHAM CASTLE

As promised, the sheriff had delivered on his promise to serve punishment to Katherine. However, it wasn't exactly towards her, but towards the only next person closest to her: her father. Vaisey locked him down in the dungeons with the rest of the prisoners, sometimes not even feeding him.

Katherine knew she was in deep water now and it only seemed to get worse the more she revealed the truth to Guy. Anxiety filled her thoughts, wondering what he would do with the new bit of information she gave him that doomed her sister's well-being even more.

It wasn't as if she were going to lie to him if he asked her the question and he was right about it. She still wanted their relationship to be honest and all the secrets between them to be broken down. Now that it seemed only their differences towards ways to go about things remained as Katherine thought back to overhearing plans to kill the king. So...Guy was still plotting to kill King Richard...and working with the sheriff. It seemed Vaisey was the planner and Guy was just going along with it. Is that what happened in the Holy Lands as well? Did Guy really want to kill the king?

As her thoughts raced, Katherine felt her stomach stir with nausea. She didn't like the thought of him trying to attempt treason, much less murder, but she wanted to understand why he was doing it. There had to be more to it...but she had to do it without giving herself away.

Taking her leave from her room, she decided to go check on her father in the dungeons, hearing screams. The guards stopped her from entering. "Please, let me see my father."

"Can't be done, my Lady." The Jailer told her.

"Katherine! I am well!" Edward shouted for her to hear, trying to reassure her.

"I'll speak to the sheriff." She replied, not noticing the man was right behind her with Gisborne at his side.

"Do not worry."

"Speak away my dear." The sheriff said, getting her attention.

Katherine turned to acknowledge him. "Sheriff." She raced up the stairs remaining as calm as she could be despite her anxiety. "Why have you done this to my father? If anything, I must be punished for my own actions, my lord, not him."

He chuckled with amusement. "Oh, I don't know, I think it hurts you both." She began to follow after them as he continued to speak. "It is efficient. Make you think before you undermine my authority again, which trust me, is in your best interests." Katherine exchanged a look with Guy as he kept quiet.

"Please, my lord. There must be something I can do, I beg. Guy?" She glanced over to him, waiting to see if he would stand up for her and defend, offering to take up anything if it relieved her father for her actions.

"It's no good making those big eyes at him. He doesn't want you anymore." The sheriff said, causing Guy to glance away nervously. Katherine swallowed, feeling her heart ache from the words despite the fake truth behind them. "Tell you what, you read this announcement for me and we'll see if we can get Daddy some dinner?"

Katherine's eyes widened, looking to the sheriff in disbelief. "You mean you haven't fed him?" The man just walked off, leaving her gritting her teeth. Guy leaned towards her, looking as if he wanted to say something, anything, to comfort her or say the sheriff's words weren't true, before walking off. She couldn't believe the audacity of all this.