Her & Him - liliana941 (read e book txt) 📗

me. I'm sorry." He released me and got off. I sat up and watched his shadow. The sun was beginning to rise.  " What isn't like you? Being a jerk? I find that hard to believe." He chuckled. " Yes but you wouldn't know. You don't know me." I started to smile but stopped. " Who are you?" The sun lightly shined behind him. I got up and pushed him back. The light showed he had golden hair. I pushed him further. He had green eyes and an angel's stone features. I gasped and pulled my hand away from him. Prince Daniel. I hid in the shadow. He blinked as the light hit his eyes. " What's wrong?" he asked innocently trying to go back into the shade. " I got to go." He grabbed me before I could turn around. " Don't." I closed my eyes as he pulled me away from my hiding spot. The suns rays gently warmed my face. I took a peek at the Prince's face. His green eyes looked down at me with confusion. I closed my eyes again. " You're-you're mystery girl." I started to squirm. If I lay one hand on him, I'll die, I knew. There has to be another way to escape. I opened my eyes and controlled myself. I stared at his hair. " Prince Daniel, please let me go and you'll never see me. I have a family." His eyes watched my every move. " You're married?" " No." His golden hair looked a bit messy like he barely woke up and didn't brush it. " Then how do you have a family?" " Prince Daniel!" a man's voice echoed against the dirty house walls. I jumped, alarmed. The Prince gripped my shoulders tighter. " Who was that? It was a man, wasn't it?" he asked. I nodded. " He called you too." He slammed my body to the wall. I groaned. He whispered in my ear, " I'm sorry. Just stay quiet." I did as he told me. He let me go and looked around the wall and cursed. I watched as he came back to me. He grabbed my hands and pulled me into the nearest abandon house. I didn't resist for an unknown reason. Once inside the house, he turned to me. I met his eyes this time. " I'm sorry but my father's soldiers are out there looking for me. I don't want to be found and....I brought you in because-well I honestly don't know but you're free to go......if you want to." I bit my bottom lip. He was charming but I was supposed to hate him. " Um, I should probably go." He studied me. " Is this the last time I'm going to see you?" " Yes." " Then I should apologize for my behavior. I shouldn't have kissed you the other day. I'm sorry for laying a hand on you today as well." " Um, thanks?" The room filled with an awkward silence. I stared at my bare feet. " Do you mind telling me your name?" " Um, its Christal." " Christal what?" I looked at him, suspiciously. " Why do you need to know everything?" " I'm sorry. I was just curious." He looked so innocent. He had an angels appearance. I felt bad for being so harsh to him. " No, I'm sorry. I'm Christal, uhhhhh, Maaannela." I made it up. I didn't have a last name. " Christal Manela?" I nodded quickly. " Yeah!" " Well, Christal Manela I really do wish you and I  could of been something. You are very...err....different." " Is that good or bad?" " Good." He smiled and stared into my eyes. I felt heat rise to my cheeks. " Well be careful out there Christal. I won't bother you anymore." " Oh you never bothered me you just........" I smiled. " Yeah you did." He laughed and got closer to me. I couldn't stop smiling. He just had a fun aura. " I'm sorry then. Please forgive me." " I don't know," I teased. He took a step closer. " What do I have to do to help you decide?" " Hmmm what would you do, Prince?" He raised an eyebrow. " Tell me what you want?" I couldn't hold my laughter. He laughed with me. When we stopped, I realized I was in his arms. I cleared my throat and pulled away. " I should go." As I turned to go, there was a high pitch scream. I looked at Daniel. He walked to a window. My head began to pound. It took all my strength to concentration on him. His eyebrows cringed and he cursed under his breath as another girl screamed. " What's wrong, Daniel?" I walked closer to the window. He turned to me. There was more screams. I was feeling faint. " Its just some little girls. They're street rats and my fathers army has gotten them." My heart began to race. I slowly and steadily found my way to the window. I felt breathless like someone punched me in the gut. The prince held me up. " Christal, what's wrong?" " I know those girls! Go tell them to let them go!"My head spun. " I can't! I'm hiding from them!" " Why? They can't hurt you! You're the prince!" I croaked. " I'm hiding from the King." " You're dad?! Why?" " He's not my dad." I shook my head, confused. " Do something, please." " I can't,"he said helplessly. I growled and forced my legs to work. I got up and ran to the door. Daniel yelled from behind me. " No!" I was lifted into the air just as I grasped the door knob. I kicked and punched the air in frustration. The arms around me tightened. " Christal, calm down." " No! Let me go!" I yelled. " Haley! Sally! Clare! I'm com-" " Shhh!" Daniel hissed. " Kicglen, check this house. I heard something. Dant, check that one. Hurry men! We don't have all day," a man with a funny accent ordered from the other side of the door. Daniel carried me farther away from the door. I started to yell again but he covered my mouth. We entered a room and he somehow got us under an old bed. He pulled me close to him, probably knowing I would try to run if he had me distant. I could hear the front door open and heavy footsteps make their way to us. A pair of black boots appeared at the bedroom doorway. I bit Daniel's hand scared out of my mind. He didn't pull his hand away, he just held me tighter. The boots came closer. " Daniel," a man's voice filled the room. The boots kicked the bed. " Prince Daniel, where are you?" The man walked around and then back to the door. When he disappeared, Daniel let out a loud breath. I froze because the man was still in the house. The house was silent for a second.....then came the footsteps, louder each step. " Who is in here?" The man ran into the room. He walked over to a door near my feet and opened it to show an empty closet. He turned swiftly to the bed and flipped it over as easy as snapping your fingers. Time seemed to go by slowly. I looked up and saw a bold, aggressive- looking man. His light, brown eyes showed surprise. Daniel grabbed me and pulled me up. He stepped in between the man and me. I could tell the man didn't know what to do. He kept looking back and forth from the door to the prince. Daniel stood up straighter. " Do not say a word or I will have your head chopped off." " My prince-" " I said not a word." He said it calmly but with so much power that I winced. All my life I hidden from people like Daniel and here I was with him. In the same room, breathing the same air. I took a step back. And then another. And an another until I reached the doorway. I slid out and began walking down the hall toward the kitchen. I was halfway there when I heard the front door slam. I froze. Heavy footsteps made their way my way. I turned on my heel and headed back to the room. The footsteps seemed louder and closer but no one told me to stop. I was right at the door when someone pushed me back on the wall. My eyes opened wider than they have ever before. A greasy looking man glared down at me. His face was wide and covered with black hair. His beard scratched my nose as he looked back behind him. I got a glimpse of an ocean of men behind him. Unlike the man in front of me, they looked professional. They wore navy blue suits and stood up tall. Their faces were hairless and clean. The greasy man looked back at me with devious eyes. My nose felt irritated from his nappy beard. I pushed the man away from me without thinking. He grabbed my hands before I realized what I did and then grabbed my shirt with his fist. He carried me up until my eyes leveled with his. I squirmed. He sneered and then pushed me back on the wall. There was a crack and the whole house was filled with deadly silence. I gasped for air. The Grease man covered my mouth. I couldn't control my breathing. I couldn't breath at all. I tried to fight the man for a while but then he punched my stomach and I stopped. I tried to stop choking. A young boy, around the age of fifteen, appeared behind the Grease man. " General Shnitwit, I don't think its very wise to kill the girl. I think the King would want to handle her." The Grease man turned to the boy without removing his hand from my mouth. " Shut it, Niel." " But, sir-" " Shut it," Grease man sputtered. The boy walked back. Grease man turned back to me. " Now, little Missy, back to y-" " What is going on?" a voice pierced the air. Everyone looked at the doorway. Daniel was standing there looking at Grease man with intensive eyes. " Let her go now." Grease man threw his hands up in surrender. I took a gulp of air and jumped into Daniel's opened arms. He held me as he talked to Grease man. " What were you doing to her? You are informed she is my future wife, am I correct?" Every word Daniel said made his chest vibrate. " I was not informed, my prince. I'm so sorry, I just assumed she was a rat. I'm so sorry, it was her clothing." " Do not apologize to me. Apologize to my wife." " My future Queen, I am so dearly sorry for laying a hand on you. Would you please accept my apology?" I took a deep breath and nodded. I just wanted to get out of there.  " Now that my wife is fine, we have to go." " But my prince,"  the man said, suddenly grinning. " As superior as you are, the king has commanded us to bring you to him. We have to follow his orders." The Prince pulled me behind him. He whispered in my ear one word. " Run." I managed to slip out quietly. Instead of exiting out of the front door, I jumped out the kitchen window. The reason being that there was a group of men standing outside the front door. They would of shot me the moment I opened the door. I landed on the side of the house. I laid myself flat against the wall as I moved toward the back of the house. I could