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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.

the door Warren pulled it closed and I heard the lock click. With a Irowl, I pounded my fists against the

me out!”

say you’ Il help me. Then you can come

You Ion’t know what you’re doing! There must be

‘heo—”

heard him laugh on

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

“Of course you are!”

why won’t you

help you to find the truth! Open the door.

to, but

away. Sighing, I stopped pounding. It was no use injuring

what he would do, and not just to

the bed, I sat on the edge and looked around the room. It wasn’t a luxurious room and the mattress was a little stiff. At

The bed was large, there was a bookshelf, towels

of that made me feel any less like a

my head cool down when

air would

open, a window box

Near greeted me.

and said to

big and colorful, then I noticed right away that it didn’t have any thorns. Not only this one, but all the rest of them in

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

re-studied the one in my hand. I’d never heard of roses without thorns before.

may I come

The doorknob turned, and in came an

motherly smile,

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

herself. “I was Warren and Maggie’s nanny

I said,

Is there anything I can get

and locking the door

she still had orders from Warren not

walked back toward the bed and slumped down on the

dear, what can I do for you?” Aurora asked, coming over to me. She sat on the bed next to me and covered my hand with one of her boney, knobby

be here,” I said, shrugging. I didn’t want to say mean things about Warren,

grieving his sister’s death. I didn’ t want

to leave? Warren would take that hard,” Aurora

After everything he said, I wasn’t so

He likes you a lot. I can tell. This afternoon, he asked the staff to fix up this place. He even told us to strip the thorns from the roses so you

of him,”

after Maggie and Warren. It’ s such a shame. Those poor kids. They… they

many people to talk to. She was taking

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

Odelia, Maggie and Warren’ s mother, was the king’ s lover. He kept her and promised