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It was night when Kennan and his men made it to where King Maximous was. He was surprised when he realized he was so close yet so far from him. He was at the Palace. That night, once they left, Maximous returned back. Kennan didn't though of that at the beginning but then, thankfully, he did.

He had managed to gather some soldiers to protect himself. Kennan heard that Prince Eric got murdered. He didn't know who killed him but it wasn't him. He couldn't think of someone.

Kennan carefully walked in. He didn't see any soldiers outside making him suspicious, he decidedto leave a couple of them outside, just in case. Once they were in, they heard loud voices coming from upstairs. They followed their voices, they led them to the ball room where two soldiers were guarding the room.

He thought for a minute before he signaled them to be quite. He looked around, trying to find an object or something. He smirked when he saw a glass vase on top of a table. He immediately grabbed it, trying to be quite. Once he had it in his hand, he threw it to the other side of the room.

The guards immediately, looked around, alerted. They exchanged a look before they decided to go to where the sound came from. Kennan and the others quickly hide behind the wall. They approached the broken vase, their hearts beating fast as their hands started shaking in fear.

They passed Kennan without seeing them. Kennan and one more man, sneaked behind them before they wrapped their hands around the other guys neck. They tensed as they shrugged, trying to free themselves. Kennan and Gared, the other guy, didn't let them. They tighten their grips arounds their necks. They couldn't breath and eventually, died from the lack of air.

They dropped their bodies on the floor before they approached the door. Kings Maximous voice was heard from the other side. He looked through the keyhole. Some men were standing with their backs to the door and he could see a figure moving back and forth in front of them.

They had a distance from the door so if they walked in they wouldn't notice them. Kennan carefully opened the door. They didn't hear anything. They kept going in and hid behind the pillars but before they did, they made sure to block the exit, so he won't be able to escape again.

Kennan counted how many they were and they were at least 15 and they were 7. The three of them had bows as weapons. They were really good. They took their bows out with two arrows. They aimed before they shoot, successfully taking six of them out.

They quickly went on alert mode. They , too, hid behind the pillars trying to protect themselves. Maximous was in panic. He looked around terrified as he heard his heartbeat in his ears.

He couldn't find a place to hide as the only place he could hide was the behind the pillars but he couldn't as they was a little battle going.

Kennan managed, with his men help as they covered him, to sneak to Maximous who was too panicked to notice it. Without waiting any longer, he stabbed him with his silver sword in the back.

Maximous breath hitched as pain shoot right through his back. He gasped as he kneeled. Blood was running uncontrollably down his back, painting his white shirt. Kennan stood in front of him looking at him dead in the eye as maximous looked up at him hopeless.

He didn't feel any emotion of guilt nor sadness. He didn't regret anything. He deserve what he got. He justified a lot of families who wanted revenge and justice. He could feel his parents soul now resting in peace. That's all he wanted.

He watched emotionless at the now lifeless body of Maximous. He looked at him for one last time before he turned away. The remained guards were dead. The others were looking quite happy and relieved. Happy at the fact that the man, who murdered their families, was now laying dead.

Kennan made his way to them giving them a nod in a way of telling them they did good and head outside to the others. They hugged each other, smiling big and followed Kennan, happy that they could return back to their homes.

They found the others outside waiting for them. They hurriedly went to them as the walked out of the castle. They told them that King Maximous was now dead and they didn't have to worry about him anymore. They exhaled relieved upon hearing that and smiled.

Kennan decided to camp there as it was getting dark and the journey back home would be long and he didn't want to go at night since they would most likely get attacked by animals.

They got back in the castle and looked around trying to find empty rooms. After a good ten minutes before they finaly found them. Some stayed together and some alone. Kennan wanted to be alone but made sure they all had a room to stay before he found himself a room.

He jumped on the bed, exhausted. He closed his eyes as he felt himself relax. As he laid there, his thoughs run back to his queen. Immediately, a big smile made it on his lips at the thought of her. He missed her already. He missed her shy smiled and beautiful sparkly eyes.

He hated that he wouldn't sleep with her in his arms, where he knew she was safe. He wondered what she was doing right now, did she missed him like he did? Did she eat? Did she rest?

He fell asleep with a smile as Isabella was running in his mind. He couldn't wait to return back to his girl and make love to her all day.

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Isabella woke up in the morning feeling cold even though she was covered with the blanket. She missed Keenan's strong arms around her body. She didn't sleep a lot since she was worried about Kennan. She was in bed all day, not in the mood to talk or leave the room.

She wasn't hungry but ate since she didn't want to pass out. She knew Kennan was going to be okay, she knew what he was capable of and how strong and smart he was but she still couldn't help it.

She was waiting for him to return back to her like he promised. She was thinking about him when she heard screaming from outside. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. She climbed out of the bed and grabbed the clothes a girl had left for her.

She wore her light color, skin animal furkini and her fur skirt, same color as the top, then she put her animal cuffs on and last but not least her animal print fur leg warmers. She looked at herself in the small mirror next to tub.

A surprised gasp left her lips at what she saw. She looked beautiful. Her top was a little tigh making her boobs stood out but the fur covered most of her cleavage, she lowered her gaze to her flat tummy. She blushed in embarrassed when she saw how short this skirt was, it reached below her mid thigh. She immediately tried to pull her skirt down but it wasn't going further down. She signed frustrated as she gave up.

She didn't felt really comfortable in that outfit since most of her body was exposed to other people. She would ask for that girl if she could have something that covered most of her skin but she didn't want to be annoying.

She looked around to see if there was something to cover herself. She found a lined cloak. She quickly threw it on and finaly made her way towards the screaming. She would look around the place if she wasn't that curious.

She made her way through the large crowed, apologizing. She signed when she finaly made it and raised her gaze.

Her breath hitched as her eyes stared at his big icy blue ones. Before she could breath she was drown. Her heart started beating faster in excitement as she saw him. He was looking at her straigh in her eyes, ignoring everything else, from the moment their eyes connected, it was like everything disappeared, like it was only the two of them.

He could feel his heart pounding as he caught a glimpse of her walking through the crown and heard her sweet voice, apologizing like the kind and sweet girl she is. He chest puffed out in pride at his choice. His wouldn't change her for anything.

He sent her a playful wink making her giggle. She found herself running to him, yearning to be in his arms again, feel his warmth and body again. He looked at her as she run to him.

Everyone stopped talking as they saw the girl running to him. They didn't know who she was since Kennan hadn't introduced her to them and they were confused as to what was happening.

Isabella was about to jump in his arms when someone stepped on her cloak making it leave her body as her cord untied since she had it loose. Her face was about to hit the ground when someone catched her. Her chest came in contact with a solid chest. Her hands automatically went to his shoulder as she tried to steady herself.

She was a little shocked as to what happened out of the sudden. She rolled her eyes up and was greeted with blue furious ones. She gulped as she though he was angry at her because she almost embarrassed herself in front of his people but his face soften a little at her sad and ashamed face.

He left a delicate kiss on her forehead. He saw who did this and was going to get punished for that. He looked around but immediately regret ti when he saw the hungry states that were on his woman. He growled annoyed and thew them a death glare making them stop but they would still try to steal a sneake pic of her.

He scolded and picked her up. She squealed in surprise at his sudden action but wrapped her arms around his broad shoulders and her legs around his waist as his went to her butt holding her. Her arms went around his shoulder as she buried her face in the crook of his neck, too ashamed to look up at him.

He made his way back to their little room. Once they were in, his hands left her butt, making her unwrap her legs but she didn't remove her hands. She couldn't look at because she was still embarrassed so she kept her gaze to the floor.

"Don't be embarrassed, little one. It wasn't your fault. Some of them have probably seen that someone did it. It's ok. Look at me." He said softly to her. She shook her head and didn't move.

He gave a soft sign before he grabbed her chin softly with his finger, making her look at him,"Its ok, little one. "He whispered softly at her. She nodded with a small smile on her lips.

She grabbed his hand pulling him to the bed. He sat back comfortably before he pulled her in his lap. She kissed his cheek,"Everything went well, right? No one got hurt,right?" She asked worried.

"Everyone's alright, don't worry. Fortunately, everything went as we expected them to go. We don't have to worry about anything now. " He said relieved.

She, too, felt relieved and relaxed. She didn't have to worry about more families getting murdered. She didn't feel sad for him because he deserved it, he didn't think about anything but himself. She didn't know what happened to his wife but she didn't really care. She just hopped she was alright.

The rest of the day they spent it in bed. He only left to grabb some food because they were hungry. It had been two days that they were away from each other but it was enough to make them miss each other like crazy.

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-M.B

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