Chapter 9

Avalon

"You won't get away with this." I tell Blaine as he has me chained to a chair, making me feel a little sick because I never would have thought that he could do something so malicious, "I understand that you have this hatred towards Ryu because he IS better than you, but you need to get your head out of your ass. You're just going to get yourself in a lot more trouble and no one will even want to help you. I don't care what you think you're doing or how it's for the ‘right' reasons, but you better stay far the fuck away from me and let me go if you don't want Ryu to kill you."

"I'm not afraid of Ryu, he has become weak the minute that he decided to be with you." Blaine corrects me, shrugging his shoulders as he sits across from me, "I know that you THINK that you're going to be winning this little game, Avalon, but I hate to break it to you that this has been a long time coming and I'm afraid that this whole thing could have been avoided if you would have done the right thing a long time ago. I can't even protect you at this point because you decided to make sure that you and Ryu were together. Now, I don't really have use for you besides being a prisoner."

"I don't know why you think you're going to win this but you're going to be really sorry when you realize that Ryu is going to kill you and make sure that you regret touching me." I explain to him, making sure that he knows that I am dead serious, "I don't know what game you're trying to play but I'm not the one to be playing with. I don't agree with any of this and I'm not going to let you win. I'm not going to let you get far enough to even win. I don't want you to ever look at me or think that you have any control over me because you don't. You're a terrible person, Blaine, you had so many innocent people killed."

"Were they really innocent?" He asks me in a sickly-sweet tone that makes me a little sick to my stomach, "I don't know why you think they were innocent, but they were far from it. They were following Ryu's orders, and they were ones who could not be trusted. Unless they are on MY side, then there is no way that I'm going to accept them either way. I'm sorry, Avalon, but your time as the Princess is up. A new ruler needs to come to light, and it is going to be me."

"No one is ever going to accept you as the King." I disagree with him, seeing how he keeps testing the waters, "and honestly, I would laugh if they did. I don't know quite what to make of it and it does look like the tides could turn and make me wonder what might come from it. Ryu is going to find you and he is going to kill you and the rest of these hunters. He is the KING, and he will never be replaced."

Blaine's expression tightens a little bit because I know how much he HATES Ryu, "I suggest you stop talking about him, Avalon, and start worrying about yourself because you're going to be very lucky if you don't end up dead with him. I really want you to be the one by my side but I'm not afraid to dispose of you if I have to."

That makes me sick to my stomach because there is no way in hell that I would ever accept him as my mate, "no, I have already met my mate, Blaine, and you are not him. I don't care if you torture me or threaten me with death, I will never turn my back on the person who does CARE about me and wants to make sure that I'm safe. Okay?"

Blaine is watching me now and I know that I am really testing the waters. I don't know what might come from it, but it is making me a little afraid of what might end up happening next. It could be a dangerous game and I know that he is trying to do everything in his power to take over. He doesn't care who he hurts in the process and honestly, he probably would kill me even if I did agree to his terms.

Never will I become mates with someone who does terrible things to the people that I care about. Ryu might not be that nice, but he has shown me that he is just trying to make sure that the Kingdom is taken care of and that nobody treats me with disrespect. If it was up to him, I'm sure he would just wish that nobody hurt me and that everything is fine, but we don't always get what we wish for even if we want to. It's an odd sensation but I miss Ryu and I hope he is looking for me.

"You better hope that he does come to save you, Avalon." Blaine murmurs softly, "Because of the plans I have for you… Let's just say you may or may not like what I do."

My skin crawls almost immediately because I know it isn't going to be anything good. He knows what he is doing, and he knows that he is pushing every boundary. He doesn't care, knowing that he is playing a dangerous game that could get me hurt. I don't know what to make of it, afraid, but I'm holding onto the hope that Ryu will show up.

Please save me.