Chapter 8
He flings me onto the horse and jumps on after me. "Hey, I want my own horse!" "Alex chuckles. "These don't come cheap y'know." "Yeh, that makes a lot of sense considering your not paying..." Suddenly, Alex digs his heels into the horse's back and we're flying out onto the streets. The wind knots my hair whilst a slight breeze caresses my face. Alex's muscular chest supports my back as he reaches his arms out, brushing my waist, and takes control of the horse."FASTER!" I yell, lips curved into a grin. Alex digs his heels harder and the horse shoots forward even faster. Crowds yell and point. "THEIVES THEIVES THEIVES" "THE PRINCESS!" "FASTER!" I scream over the loud noise. Alex grunts but pulls the reins harder and suddenly everything is whizzing past me in a blur.
I feel as free as a bird, and dare to stretch my arms out wide. "Yeh, it's not that I don't like the airplane impression and all, but your kind of blocking my way." "So?" Alex turns his head to avoid my flame hair as it streams out in waves behind me. "Well my lil' mermaid, I could end up not seeing the road, and losing control and basically, fast-forward, we die." I laugh. "Drama-King." "I wish." "That you were a drama-king?" I'm breathless from the thrill of adrenaline pummelling in my veins and my senses go into over-drive. "No, that I was king. Not that I want to replace your pap's."
Once we pass the neutral colours of the city and come face-to-face with greenery, Alex stops the horse and we both flop onto the grass. "I'm vamoosed. Got any water?" I huff. Alex grins, "Does urine count?" "Eeeeeew. C'mon!" Alex blushes but tries to cover it up. "Hey, before you start getting all judgemental people evaporate urine so it turns into water." Screwing my nose, I throw a bunch of grass at him. "And please don't tell me you've tried that." He throws a bunch back. "Nah, I was eavesdropping in your geography class." I shoot him a confused look. "I didn't see you." "Yeh, you were too busy snoring on the desk." I blush. "Yeh, well, a girl's gotta have her sleep..."
Alex chuckles, and his eyes do that cute crinkle thing again. "Yes, seeing as half your day is spent sleeping on plush, double bed's." "You know what I mean." "No, I really don't princess." He stares at me intensely for a long time, then scoots closer. "I don't understand you, Clara-" The way he said Clara instead of Princess makes me nervous. "-I'm a slave, why do you, why do you even give me a second glance?" I lean closer towards his face, so our noses brush.
"You've got to stop asking that." His breath is on my lips and I urge to kiss him. Feel that tingle of electricity. "WHA- the world's spinning!" I hear Alex's voice, but it gets distant with each second. "Nah, princess, I think it's you that's spinning." I can barely talk and I'm out of breath. Then I realise the situation. We were perched on top of a steep hill and Alex had just pushed me over. Now I am rolling along the muddy grass like a barrel. "This is- no way- to treat- a princess." I can see Alex laughing from above the hill. "Princess, you said yourself that it doesn't matter." I reach the bottom, my red hair in tangles and wild, my dress torn and stained with splotches of mud and grass.
Right as I pick myself up I'm knocked to the ground by a large weight. "Ummpphh- ALEX, WHAT ON EARTH?" "Umm, sky?" "HUH?" "You said what on earth." I push him off me, trying to turn my smile into a frown. "Why did you suddenly knock me over?" I inspect his cheeky face. "Wait, did you just roll down the hill?" He put his hands up. "In my defence, it looked really fun."
Right as I'm about to reply, a shadow looms over me and Alex. An army of guards. How did the find out where we were? Alex looks stunned. "Hey, I think a war has just started somewhere." "No Alex," I mumble. "This is what happens when a princess tries to be her own person for over 5 MINUTES!" Guards haul me and Alex apart. A fat looking guard raises his eyebrows. "Be your own person, INSIDE THE CASTLE." "HOW DID YOU EVEN FIND US?" I grunt. "A slave called Tess told us. She told us to go immediately."
HUH?
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