Chapter 15 - Stronger
It had been two months since the infiltration at the palace. As a result, we'd lost fifteen men and though it doesn't seem like much compared to the thousands of soldiers that we have, we'd lost those fifteen men to one hundred of the intruders; so imagine if they had brought their entire forces to fight against us!952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WW1aLDW0i
For that precise reason, Robert, who had nearly lost his life during the infiltration has doubled up the security around the palace and their training time. Crimson now had to begin his Royal Army training while serving as my Royal Guard and also keep us with his school studies. So, it would be safe to say that he is an extremely busy person now. Even though he still sneaks into my bedroom, he's often exhausted and just drifted off to sleep; giving us no time to communicate and he's long gone by the time I wake up.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMy2SaKXYK
Like my mother had said before, "I don't want us to act like a family, I want us to fight like one!". The Royal Army and Cadets weren't the only ones stepping up their game in training. Everyone in the Royal Family, including the extended family (Rachel and Raven) have all been required to be trained up to at least the first year cadet level. It basically means we'll be learning how to use self-defense techniques, some offensive techniques and small guns.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5gKLkgyqF
Robert has taken the liberty to personally train my mother, Grace and I because he felt that because we are females, we would be targeted more so than the males in our family. Needless to say, we were not all getting along in training. My mother and I constantly swore and jeered at each other while Grace tried to be mediator to the situation, which always resulted in me insulting her and Robert reprimanding me.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRrvO6CXGb
As for the general public, the lie was that the army was doing a gun salute and shockingly, the world believed it! The government just didn't fear to enter the hearts of Heartlanders if they found out that terrorists were trying to destroy us for unknown reasons. But I still believed that they deserve a right to know, I mean come on, they do live here!952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CbFQHuTFn
"Alex,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4CvzMw1pE
If I were a commoner I would want to know what was going on in my country952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokzu4Z2CX4
"Alex?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNyPFNBOFd
I mean, do they really have to think about telling the public?952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNpbrd5CM8
"ALEX!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoajzJpoRA
I jumped in fright as I turned my head to the left to see an annoyed Pinky. "I've called your name like five times already! What's wrong with with you?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdS7QBgjOyt
I ran my hands over my face. "I'm sorry," I sighed. "I just have a lot on my mind right now,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWywLi81lqs
"Well then you better get it together because you have to finish your calculus homework, which Mrs. Baker said counted towards 30% of our Christmas exam!" She exclaimed. "Her class is in the next two hours and you've only completed five out of one hundred questions!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdUJ2ve8hz
"How shameful," Lux tutted. Why the hell is he even here?952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNs5H1Svb0
"Shut up brat!" I glared at him. "I'll finish the damn homework Pinky!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFaVb3dIAK
She scoffed. "How? It takes at least ten minutes to complete one. How can you complete ninety five in two hours? And I am not letting you copy this time!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjw2IBjNUR
Glaring harshly at her, I snatched my textbook and notebook into my lap and began furiously solving the equations. I'll show her that I can to complete it in under two hours! And low and behold, forty five minutes later, I'd successfully completed every question; and I was 99.5% sure that they were all correct.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxF5RHwEuPM
"Their is no way you can be done already," Pinky eyes me skeptically. "You didn't even use a calculator!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbWBi37o74
"Check it for yourself," I smirked confidently as I watched her blue eyes analyze every equation. When she'd reached the end, she stared up at me, completely flabbergasted.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nHKvq7o92
"What.the.fuck?" She deadpanned. "They're all correct!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCr91NTF3d
"Seriously!" Lux chimed as he stared wide-eyed at me. "I thought you said that you were bad at math?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuDUsnjGfd
"I said that I hated it," I corrected him. "Not that I'm bad at it,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQVRFHtgI4
"But you didn't even use a calculator nor did I ever see you stop to think!" Pinky gaped at me. "Are you some kind of genius or something?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5ZTtxNqW3
"Not really," I murmured into my hand. "I just have a really high IQ,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHPUwLHOGD
"Which consists of?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyFvH5cIYY
"It was 200 when I got tested at fourteen," I mused. "It may have increased a bit..."952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS83Ptmvk7g
"200!" They shouted in unison.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxyNG9hTkq
"Don't say that too loud," I rolled my eyes. "I don't want everyone knowing,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLPZKa41mP
"Freaking Einstein only had an IQ of 160 Alex!" Pinky exclaimed. "Do you even realize what you can do with a 200 level IQ? You can possibly discover cures for cancer!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphujBNrgSR
"It's not that-"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TvA8p6yUm
"200! 200!" Lux shouted as he fell out of his chair. "200!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiXhEg9rzJ
"SHHH!," The librarian glared at us, more specifically, Lux who was flopping around on the ground like a fish out of water.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4ymw49XRS
"What part of don't be too loud did you not understand idiot!" I twisted his ear tightly between my fingers.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bImQ9LvKb
"Ouch ouch, I'm sorry," He whisper-shouted. "But seriously Alex, 200, that's amazing!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7X3OSN5Bbo
"Hang on a minute," Pinky said raising a blonde eyebrow at me. "Why do you get such poor grades in school if your IQ is so high?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGmwm6iCRz
"Because I don't care about school," I leaned back in my chair.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1wgjg14Ok
"So what do you aspire to be on life?" She questioned. "You do realize that you need good grades to be able to go to university right?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqnVoGjHdi
"Firstly, the Royal Heartland University will accept me no matter how terrible my grades are. Secondly, it doesn't matter if I don't go to university. It's not like a need to have a job to survive,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGhn7F03Ty
"So what?" Lux raised an eyebrow. "You just want to live as a princess in the palace for the rest of your life without having to work for anything?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0HoKADOxZa
"Pretty much," I crossed my legs.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWc5E4jIEb
"You're insane!" He exclaimed. "Where the hell is the money to support you, who is extremely picky, for the rest of your life?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpsJW9fGj6
"That's why you pay taxes," I smirked.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGAc7LcN44
He glared at me. "You bit-"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ510mcJ85m7
He was cut off by the shrill sound of my cellphone blaring from my front pocket. Before the librarian could give me shit about it, I quickly answered it, talking as softly as I could. "What?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRdzf0B1Xkj
"Alex I need you to meet me at the front of the school right now,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouMmRYWiTc
"Crimson?" I said. "Is that you? I have a class next you know I can't-"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BPFIBRcTG
"This is an emergency," He hissed. "They're here,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXCyHqxOOGm
I gulped. They? He could only mean the intruders. But what the hell are they doing at my school?952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYgTcJYPpj
"I'm on my way," I said lowly as I quickly threw my things into mt bag. My hands were trembling and my breathing was ragged. I was terrified. Who knows if one of them isn't in here with me?952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgknpd9RRL
"Don't stop and speak to anyone," He said before hanging up.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1k9SHfKx7
"What's wrong?" Pinky asked worriedly.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjjzxBWjQs
"Nothing-um-I-um," I stammered nervously. "Just some-uhh- royal stuff I have to do,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PSehbGhD3
"Liar," She narrowed her eyes. "You never do royal work,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr69AQRGslx
"It's another state dinner!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kjyPImGQq
"But didn't they announce that another one won't be another one till April? It's December," Lux said.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4M1Rr5Uwnf
"I just have to leave ok!" I said before throwing my bag over my shoulder and hurrying out of there.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWU5kZeFuF4
But of course, my ever inquisitive friend and Lux just had to follow me and question me the entire time!952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oJn45xlK6
"Where are you going?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1osdWun5o
"You do realize we have an important class next right?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkWrlLD9e7
"Are you going to see Crimson?"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIJlfKdyNq
"You're going to fuck him aren't you!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6M3HUOo3QO
"Will you two shut up!" I seethed as I speed walked through RHA's halls. "Just go back to the library!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gnBukOKil
"Not until we know we're you're going," Pinky glared as I busted open the main doors. "You're putting 30% of your final math grade on the line!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNQdOBxOU2
"I don't care about the damn math!" I rolled my eyes. "I just need you to-"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YQoBeZN2p
"What the fuck are they doing here Curly?" Crimson seethed as he tightly gripped my upper arm. "I told you to come here, not your entire fucking entourage!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNd95l9drc1
"Who the hell do you think you're talking to?" I ripped my arm out of his grip. "Besides, they followed me here when I tried multiple times to send them back!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Kab4iV1wJ
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON YOU TWO?" Pinky shouted as her eyes darted between Crimson and I. "Crimson, I hope you realize that you are pulling her away from a very important class and as her best friend I think-WHAT THE FUCK? PUT ME DOWN!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4MjMCpnC2
Crimson had thrown Pinky over his shoulder and grabbed my wrist, tugging me as he practically ran towards a sleek silver car; Lux trailing behind us in confusion.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiucbj0fE1
"CRIMSON CROSS!" Pinky shouted. "PUT ME DOWN NOW!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOB1ALI014
Oh and he did put her down. He opened the backseat door and practically threw her inside. Repeating the same process, he shoved Lux inside the other door.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOK5gxRL0B4
"Get in," He opened my door for me. His words were calm but I could see from his actions that he was agitated.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjZZ5aQVFi
Deciding to shut up for once in my life, I quietly got into the passenger side before he went to the driver's seat and sped out of there like a bat out of hell.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudHlRwhUjd
"WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL WHAT'S GOING ON?" Pinky screamed in frustration.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyD2I0QfX4
"Terrorists are trying to kill me at school so Crimson has to take me to safety,"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypMv61un3k
"What part of this being top-secret did you not understand!" He seethed. "What the fuck is wrong with you? You can't just tell information to commoners!"952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6mXlvhhGy
"Oh and they infiltrated the palace last month," I said just to rile him up. And oh was he pissed! He slammed on the breaks, making us all lurch forward in our seats. Crimson turned and glared at me so intensely that he probably made Satan himself cower back into the shadows.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvilEo0M3I
“You’re working on my last nerves Alexandra,” He said through gritted teeth.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdLsiDx1OS
“Good,” I sneered. “You need someone to get on your nerves because you’ve acting like a stick was shoved up your ass since the infiltration,”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrrRMsUs7v
“Oh I’m sorry Your Highness,” He spat sarcastically. “It’s not like I spend all my time protecting your whiny ass all day, then have to put up with your constant criticism!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiJ2MNiZe7b
“Let’s not forget who’s the employer here!” I glared at him as I leaned closer to his face.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVEWOOHveu
“Let’s not forget who has the higher Royal Privilege!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7zRHELIap
“You are such an asshole!” I spat.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3McMcobQGn
“And you’re such a bitch!” He shot back.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWADs3ph4tf
“GOD JUST FUCK ALREADY!” Lux shouted from the backseat. “You two sound like a couple who’s grumpy because they’re both horny as hell! Both of you need to get fucked, then maybe you’ll go back to the sappy sickening couple that you once were; I actually like you better like that than grumpy and miserable,”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡax3vcOknM0
“Well then I hope he has fun with his hand because he surely isn’t getting any from me!” I sneered as I turned to face the window.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQXwoQxbVL
“You’re acting like you’re the only girl I can get,” He scoffed. “News flash Curly, hundreds of girls would kill to be in bed with me, including your slutty cousin Raven, who I’m sure wouldn’t mind if I called her up now for a quickie!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡek02XMIdmI
The car turned absolutely silent. He did not just say that. “You wouldn’t dare!” I glared.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zj0rjuTS2
“I wouldn’t?” He mocked. “Oh I would Curly and I’m sure I’ll enjoy myself just as much as that time in the janitor’s closet! Besides, it’s not like we’re boyfriend and girlfriend!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtEcwb3lDZO
“What the fuck is your problem Crimson!” Pinky seethed. 952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVgtGFZdZb
“Pull over,” I whispered as a tear fell from my eye. I watched Crimson’s face twist into pure regret as he started to apologize to me. “Baby, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to say that! I-”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCSe9zv0Am
“I SAID PULL THE FUCK OVER!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvaIEL8jMz
“I can’t!” He retorted. “We could be being followed!”952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHwvghn9rh
“I DON’T CARE JUST PULL OVER!” I grabbed the wheel and yanked it towards my direction which made the car jerk to the far right.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuxAjoKg2m
“STOP IT ALEX!” He shouted as he tried to pry my hands off of the wheel but it was no use.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1hdeGu0Vs
“LOOK OUT!” I heard Pinky scream.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaePr9xnOq
It was as if everything happened in slow motion. I looked up to see that we were approaching a tree that was going to collide directly on my side of the car. And as fast as lightening, Crimson’s muscular, tan arms shot out and enveloped me in them, taking the harsh impact of the blow. The tree smashed into the front of the car and shattered the glass. I got whiplash from my head knocking the back of my seat quickly and my vision quickly began to turn dark. The last thing I saw was Crimson’s passed out face before I to fainted into a black sea of unconsciousness.952Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArSHeLOSRt
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