Chapter 16 (Breath)

"I did not steal anything!" I scream at the guard.

The guard then digs into my pocket and takes out a key. The key was gold in color and had 'DA' carved in it.

"That's the key to my room. She must have taken it while cleaning and thought that she could come back and steal my belongings while I was asleep.

"I-I don't know how that got there! I-I did not take that!" I plead. Who would believe a maid who is caught red-handed?

I look to prince Reece and he seemed as shocked as I was. I cant sense whether he believes me or not.

"Stop!" The general shouts as they drag me towards the door. We immediately halt and turn. The general looks to the Prince and me.

"Why are you in this room Prince Reece?" Oh no. This could turn very bad. Royals have a lot of power but there are still laws that can put even a royal in shambles. One of them is that they are forbidden in marrying a Comminor for the keepsake of the kingdom.

"I just came here because the door was unlocked and I thought a thief was here." He sounds confident. Hopefully, it works.

"Why were you in the maid's corridors, Sir?" He stresses the word 'sir' in order to disrespect him. How dare he! He is just a mere lowlife and has no right to disrespect an heir to the throne!

"My castle. My house. My corridors. Do you have a problem with me walking in my own home?" He put the general in his place.

"No sir. Sorry for the intrusion. I must take this prisoner off your hands." I could see him smirking a little.

As the Guards dragged me out of the room, I knew that Prince Reece couldn't do anything at all. There are just somethings that even the royals cant do. If there is a thief who is a royal, they are also treated as lowlife thieves. Law has more power than a title.

They take me down to the dungeons and it looked awful. Fit for a prisoner I guess. It was dark and gloomy, the walls looked as if they haven't been cleaned in years and the smell of sweat and blood was so overpowering that tears started pooling in my eyes.

They leave me in one empty prison which had the most dirtiest bed I have ever seen. I couldn't do anything about it after a while, I stood as much as I could but my legs were about to give out so I felt defeated and sat down.

I couldn't believe what was happening to me. I felt lost. I can't do this anymore. I just want to disappear and just give up. Let the world swallow me whole. I start crying because I couldn't stop myself. I'm weak and Ill never be strong enough to be a worthy queen for my kingdom. I'll never be good enough. No. I was never good enough from the start.

As I was wallowing in my sorrow, I heard a noise coming from the bars of the cell. I look up to find Prince Reece covered with an old rag.

"Reece you can't be here." As I say that I notice my voice is cracked because I cried. I hope he doesn't notice it but the expression from his face says otherwise.

"I just needed to see you and talk to you please." He says. How can I say no to that face?

I come closer to the bars and look at him and smile to reassure him that I am okay.

"I am okay Reece. I did not do anything wrong so the truth will come out eventually." I look at him with hope. Just a glimpse of hope in both my eyes and his.

"I believe you but I can't take the risk as hard as this may be for me, You need to run." I look at him and he reveals his hand from his back and it had a basket, which I'm assuming are some necessities.

"I cant Reece. If I run then that will make me guilty. I have no fear because I did not do anything wrong plus you will get in so much trouble if I run." I look at him and sound as convincing and reassuring as I can.

"I don't care what happens to me, I'll find a loophole but please... You have to go."

"I can't go anywhere Reece You will get in trouble!" I yell.

"I won't! I'll take care of it!" He yells back

"No!" I look at disbelief because of what he is asking me to do.

"What do you care? I'm a prince Sara! I'll be alright!" He says confidently

"I care because I love you!" I said it. I love him more then words can express.

"You what?" He whispers and I look him in the eye.

"I said I love you." I look at him and smile.

"I love you too." He says and I smile even more. A tear falls from my cheek because of the situation we were in. I loved him and he doesn't even know my name. He turns away and says one last thing.

"I'll get you out there no matter what." With that, he leaves and I stare at the ceiling of my cell which is also plain black in color. I hope I can get out of here too.

"Hello, my little thief." I look down to see whose voice it was and as I thought it was the generals.

"What are you doing here, you lowlife!?" I scream at him fighting the urge to tear off his head.

"Lowlife? Isn't it too harsh." He chuckles. I can't believe the nerve he has.

"Why the hell did you lie? Was it just because I wouldn't sleep with you?" I ask with my arms crossed to seem intimidating when in reality I'm terrified of him.

"Oh, no-no." He chuckles again and this made me want to rip his tongue out.

"You thought I would never figure it out did you?" Figure what out? No way It couldn't be.

"Well, It's nice to see you again Princess Lillian."

  With that, I stopped breathing.