Love Among The Ruins Chapter 8

"Please," I was not against begging. I knew I couldn't beat him, not in a fair fight and not when he had a weapon. "You don't have to kill ."

"I do, because if I don't, sothing else will and you'll pray that I killed you. We don't have a lot of ti."

He seed freaked out, almost as if he didn't want to do it. His hands were shaking and his eyes held sothing akin to regret but then again, he was the one holding the weapon.

"What are you talking about? You don't have to do this," I continued slowly. "Did soone put you up to this? I can help you."

"I'm sorry, I really liked you. You actually treated like a person."

He took a step forward when the door slamd open. I could barely figure out what was going on. One second, he was standing over and the next, he was being thrown into a table. The table shattered underneath his weight but he rushed to his feet. Blood dripped from cuts in his arm and at the side of his head but sohow, he was standing.

His eyes were hard and angry as he tried to drag himself to his feet. I looked over at the person who saved , surprised to see Caine standing there. "Are you going to stand there princess or are you coming with ?"

"She's going to die," my other guard hissed. I still didn't know his na. "This is what's best for her. I am under orders."

"Try ," Caine growled. "Lay a hand on her and I'll kill you."

He laughed darkly. "I'm dead anyway."

"She cos with ," Caine's voice held no room for argunt.

For a second, they had an intense staring match. I thought the guard would attack but at the last minute, he nodded in resignation. It was almost poetic to see how quickly he could go from looking scary and terrifying to tired.

"Good luck to you, you'll both need it," I watched as he raised the knife to his throat and sliced.

A scream pierced through the air and it took a minute to realize that it had co from . I wanted to rush over to him, I knew basic first aid, put pressure on the wound and get him to a doctor but Caine's arms were around .

"He's gone," he told . "We don't have much ti, co with ."

"He's bleeding."

"I know that, and you will be too if you don't co with ."

Caine dragged past the dead body and towards my bed. I watched in shock as he rummaged through my clothes until he found what suited him. It was a pair of black cargo pants, boots and a long sleeved shirt. He tossed them at .

"Change now," I just stood there staring at him and he groaned. "Change or I'll fucking do it for you."

'Why?"

"What do you think can make a grown man kill himself? We don't have ti, people will co searching soon. Co with , please or you're going to die here."

The sirens were still blaring, the red lights were still flashing. I couldn't understand a thing going on but I nodded. I changed as quickly as I could and returned to the living room to find Caine already with a bag. I didn't bother asking what was inside.

He grabbed my bicep and pulled out of the room. Once we got out of the sleeping area, I realized just how much of my ho was in a ss. People were running around frantically, there were guards with bloody knives in their hands, maids with their own weapons too and a few people like .

"What is going on?" I asked Caine but he wouldn't respond. He dragged over to a group of soldiers just like him.

They were all clothed in all black leathers. They looked over and then turned to him. "She can't co."

"She's coming with ," I had no idea why he was defending but I knew it was wise to keep my mouth shut. "We just need to get out."

"Get out?" I asked. "Where are we going? My father is-"

"Your father is gone," Caine snapped. "The higher level officials have all gone, they left us here to deal with the ss."

"My father would never leave ."

"Welco to the real world, princess. You can either shut up and co with or you can stay and let them kill you off."

"Who are they?"

The guard in front of him laughed. "That growled you said you heard is the least of your worries right now."

I had more to ask but I heard a blood curling scream from far away. The ground shook beneath as if sothing hard slamd into it but this ti, it wasn't stopping. It took a minute but I realized the ground wasn't shaking, it felt like sothing was slamming into it, like sothing was running.

A growl pierced the air and I thought there was chaos before but the entire place went to shit.

Caine pushed past the guard he was speaking to and dragged down the hall to the storage rooms. We passed litters of bodies, soldiers, maids and people with slits in their throat. I knew that for as long as I lived, I would not be able to get the sight out of my head but Caine brushed past them like it was just another day to him.

"Where are we going?" I asked, my voice barely over a whisper.

"We're almost there."

A low growl had him stopping in his tracks.

Unlike the last one, this one sounded very close by.