Deadly Coincidences

Killers Don't Like Questions

Callion

"Have you talked to my parents lately",
I ask Brandon as we walk.
"Actually yeah, Macy and I went to talk to them",
He replies. I turned to him in surprise.

"You and Macy went to talk to my parents",
I emphasized the my part.
"It's a long story, I'll have to tell you later",
He tells me.

"Yeah, okay",
I agree as we keep walking. If I was already nervous about talking to my parents Brandon just made it a thousand times worse.

We get to the huge doors that lead into my parent's meeting room. I turn to Brandon.
"I'll be right back".
Then the guards opened the doors and I walked in. My parents were both sitting on the modest-sized couch in the corner of the room.

I slowly make my way towards them.
My mother spots me and gets up from the couch. She runs over and hugs me.
"Are you ok? Have you been harmed? Did that assassin try to murder?",
She frantically asks. Thankfully my father intervened so I didn't have to answer any of those crazy questions.

I walk over to the couch with my mother by my side and sit down.
"The safe house was compromised to you will be staying on full lockdown here. You are not allowed to see anyone unless approved by Ried and you're not allowed to go out. Over these last few weeks, we've realized that the Black Crow is smart. Which is why we are taking as many precautions as we can",
My father declared.

I kind of saw this one coming but I think their both underestimated Ally.
"Ally protected me for months, I understand your worried but putting the palace in full lockdown isn't a good idea. The public can't know about this and they will for sure get suspicious when they notice that the prince is locked in the palace and hardly anyone is allowed in",
I explain to them hoping they'll see reason.

"No, we've already let you stay with that criminal for too long, you will stay in the castle, and maybe we can have someone escort you to Brandon's to show the public everything is fine. But I don't trust those criminals and the only reason I'm not throwing them into jail is because they've provided good information on the Black Crow and that is that",
He declared and there was no argument left to be had.

At least I'll get to hang out with Brandon. I understand though. My death is the Clements ticket into the palace to take the crown. So I don't get to be selfish about this.

"And also you'll be marrying the princess of Austria in a week. With a marriage alliance, it will be more difficult for the Clements to take the throne",
He added.

I sat there stunned unable to speak or move. That part of me that still wants to have that small bit of freedom says no but the other part the one that knows it's my duty to protect the country and the crown at all costs knows that this is for the best.

Besides I shouldn't be surprised I was meant to accept the engagement before all of this fucked up shit happened. But then without even thinking my mind went to Ally. It doesn't matter anyway, she doesn't care about me and I shouldn't care about her.

I look to my parents realizing that they're waiting for a response.
"Okay",
I agree and then get up without excusing myself. I have a week, a week for I don't know what but a week.

The guards open the doors for me as I walk up to them. Brandon was standing in the hall waiting. Thank god he didn't leave I need to talk to him about everything.
"We need to talk",
I say to him.
"Yes, we do",
Is his only reply.

We head to my room in the palace. Once we get inside I throw myself on the couch and Brandon sits on the big comfy chair next to it. I put my head in my hands trying to collect all my racing thoughts.