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Chapter 97 Never Had it Easy

“Warren, Theo is your brother. You’ re mad at him right now, but you won’t feel that way forever,’ I tried to reason with him.

‘ Maggie was my twin. I have more loyalty to her than to Theo!” Warren argued, shaking his head. “Are you refusing to help because you still care about him? How could you, after what he did?”

‘ Maggie’ s loss is devastating, but we don’ t know the whole story. Theo ran off and… it could have been an accident…”

I hadn’t wanted to bring up my thoughts before, because Warren was so sad. Now, I had to present them. I wanted him to consider the possibility that Theo wasn’t evil. Not because I cared about Theo but because I didn’t want Warren to destroy himself with revenge.

“An accident? I know my dear brother too well. The Dark Prince doesn’t do anything by accident! He kills. That’s all he’s good for,” Warren scoffed.

“Warren I reached for his arm.

He jerked away, glaring at me. “You’re really not going to help?”

I don’t want to lose you. If you go after Theo and take revenge without even giving him a chance to explain, I will.” I bowed my head, but my words were firm.

Less than a week ago, Warren had been so worried that a lie would end our friendship. Maybe, he still cared enough about our friendship to consider losing me a negative consequence. I’d keep reasoning with him until I could get through.

“No, if I go after Theo, I’ll destroy him,” Warren said. “Admit it, Ciana, admit that you care more about him than what he did to Maggie.”

Warren threw his arms out to the side, his eyes wild and ravenous. I could see now that I wouldn’t be able to talk him down. He wasn’ t in denial anymore, he had moved on to anger. It wasn’t just anger, it was pure fury.

“This isn’t about what I do or don’t care about your brother. I only asked you to give him a chance, and give yourself a chance to learn the truth!”

“Truth? What other truth do I need when I saw it with my own eyes?! Ciana, you’re defending him because you’re in love with him, aren’t you?!” Warren asked. He grabbed my arms and clamped his hands around me like a vice.

“Ow! Warren..”

I tried to struggle away from him but he wouldn’t let me go. My arms pinched and pain shot down my sides.

“You’re hurting me,” I ground out through gritted teeth. “Say you’ll help me!” he demanded, shaking me slightly.

“l… I can’t,” I gasped.

Warren growled and leaned in closer. My heart pounded in my chest and I wondered what he was going to do to me.

What would he do to force me to help him?

Before I could come to any conclusions, Warren’s lips were on mine. He pressed hard and hungrily against my mouth.

I squirmed and tried to push him off me but Warren held me so tightly I couldn’t get away. Finally, when he pulled back, ne breathed raggedly against my face. His eyes were wild and Jnseeing.

Did he even know what he was doing?

“If you aren’t going to help me now, you can stay here unlil you change your mind!” he snarled.

“What? You can’t force me like this!”

Warren kept holding one of my arms and he half-dragged ne through his summer home to a room in one of the farthest vings. He kicked the door open and threw me inside.

across the floor, catching myself against the of the bed. Whipping around, I headed back for the door Warren pulled it closed and I heard the lock click. With a Irowl, I

me

me. Then you can come out!” he

calm down first. You Ion’t know what you’re doing! There must

‘heo—”

laugh on

you’re still defending him, Ciana! You said we’ re friends. Am I

“Of course you are!”

won’t you

to find the truth! Open

but you left

no use injuring myself just to get his attention. I rubbed

what he would do, and not just

sat on the edge and looked around the room. It wasn’t a

though. The bed was large, there was a bookshelf, towels in the bathroom, and

none of that made me feel any less like a

few moments to let my head cool down when I heard a soft wind rattling the glass

air

window open, a window box of

Near greeted me.

and said to it,

any thorns. Not only this one, but all the rest of them in the

assigned to pick roses, and my hands were hurt… somehow it ended up with Theo destroying the entire

one in my hand. I’d never heard of roses without thorns before. It was nice to play with pretty roses that couldn’t cut me and

may I

to try and escape Warren. The doorknob turned, and in came an older woman with graying-silvery

motherly smile, warm cheeks, and gnarled

I stepped back. I wasn’t about to knock an old woman out of the way, even if I was being kept

she introduced herself. “I was Warren and Maggie’s

said, waving

comfortable? Is there anything I

she asked, shutting and locking the

but she still had

the bed and slumped down on the edge

sat on the bed next to me and covered my

I didn’t want to say mean things about Warren, especially

sister’s death. I didn’ t want to

a rush to leave? Warren would take that hard,” Aurora said,

he?” I asked, more to myself. After everything he

the staff to fix up this place. He even told us to strip the thorns

of him,” I

Those poor kids. They… they

didn’t have many people to talk to. She was taking care of Warren’s house and

mean by that? They are royalty,” I said, arching an

mother, was the king’ s lover. He kept her and promised to make her