A Confrontation

Arianna snuck out of the palace and headed straight to the prison, she kept a cool and composed figure as she approached the guards.

“halt! On whose permission are you allowed to enter here?” one of the guards asked quite strictly,

“the king granted me permission, now let me through.” she lied but it was the only way she could see them.

The guards allowed her entrance, as she walked she gave a small smirk,

“oh Arianna, you are too good.” she whispered praises to herself. Her eyes scanned round the prison yard that was littered with falsely accused people, she sighed, it was already lunch time so where could they be.

She started growing impatient until her eyes met with Aaron’s, she signaled for him to come over and also keeping an eye on the guards so as to make sure they don’t see them.

Aaron stood from his seat,

“are you going to the bathroom again?” Keith asked, this was the third time,

“no, Arianna’s over there. She wants me to come over.” he wanted to leave but Barry grabbed his hand,

“why you?” he asked, feeling a bit jealous,

“I don’t know. Go ask her!” he furrowed his brow,

“we’re coming too.” Keith said and got up.

After a while of waiting, she saw three men standing in front of her, their eyes popping from their sockets. Sorry for Keith though, he was already drooling.

“I call one person, and the three of you come.” she grinned, folding her arms over her chest,

“we just missed you and wow, you look great!” Barry wanted to grab her and screw her but he didn’t have the balls to do so.

“yeah Arianna, you look amazing.” Aaron grinned with colored cheeks, “um, but don’t you think it’s a little bit short?” he rubbed his head sheepishly,

“well what can I say? I must do what I must to protect him. Even if it means wearing this skimpy outfit.” she shrugged off, while Keith snuck behind her, he wanted a feel of the junk in the trunk, it looked so heavenly. He was literally drooling over her like a hungry wolf that’s seen his prey.

“don’t even dare Keith.” Arianna warned him calmly and he abruptly stopped and retraced his hands to his side, walked to her front with his head hung,

“I’m sorry. But I can’t resist.” they all laughed at his confession,

“men are the same. Even Rob’s no different.” she placed a hand on his shoulder and tapped his cheek making him pout,

“and you women are the same. Always giving us boners.” he did speak the truth. If you’re guilty, hands up.

“he’s right. Right now, you look like a pretty tasty meal.” Aaron smirked devilishly at her, blood rushed to her cheeks,

“so this is the bad side you guys were talking about?” Barry laughed at her statement,

“yes, but I believe you called us here for something important?” he reminded her,

“point of correction, I called Aaron but nevertheless, an assassin got sent here and I need you guys to be friends with him.” they cocked their brows,

“and why?” and asked in unison.

“because we need info out of him. Rob was attacked and he was the only one we captured, so we need him to tell us everything he knows, especially who hired him and the others.” the men sighed,

“fine, we’ll help.” Barry raised his hands in defeat,

“thanks guys, I really appreciate it.” she smiled at them, and this is where her love for Rob had brought her to. She would go to any extent to make sure he’s safe, she was going up against someone who wasn’t afraid to take another’s life, not to mention she’s extremely cunning. It would be difficult but she’ll try her best, for love is as strong as death. Sounds familiar?

“or what? You thought we’d say no?” Aaron nudged her arm lightly, making her giggle,

“you have to get going, don’t want his kinkiness to catch you here.” Keith did a mock bow and they all laughed.

“I’m coming back for you guys.” her heart warm with feelings,

“we have faith in you Arianna.” he reassured her with a smile.

She returns the gesture and bids them farewell, she sneaks back into the palace making sure none of the guards see her. She climbs the stairs to her room but is stopped by a voice,

“are you enjoying your stay here?” Eleanor advanced to meet her. She gives a silent scoff,

“of course I am. Rob is really treating me well, he’s made me his personal maid. You do know what that means right?” she furrowed her brow,

“yes I do but you should really enjoy yourself, because you won’t be here for long.” she grinned at her,

“and what makes you say that?” Arianna gave her a smile which dazed her a bit,

“I see that you’re confident,” she got herself together, “you know very well what I can do?

“yeah, sending assassins was a pretty smart idea but you made a very dumb mistake,” her words shocked her out of her ego, “you forgot that there was someone who loves him and will do anything to protect him.”

“how did you know it was me?” she was scared, she could tell Rob any second if she wanted to. But why hasn’t she done so yet?

“you just said it right now.” she proceeded to her room, leaving a dumbfounded evil princess. She growled after realizing she just gave herself over,

“she would pay for this!!” she stormed to her room and shut the door angrily. She was greeted by a lazy Rick relaxing on her bed, smoking a cigar,

“what’s wrong baby girl?” he asked, rubbing off the anger that emitting from her.

“it’s Arianna!!! She just made me confess to my own crime!!!” she sat on the bed with a huff. His eyes bugged out as he blew some smoke out,

“how the hell did she make you do that?!” he asked her.

“I don’t know!” she blushed out of embarrassment, it was really annoying. Not to mention really demeaning.

“okay, don’t worry babe. Here, just smoke it off.” he passed her a cigar and a lighter. She put the cigar in her mouth, lit it and huffed out a cloud of smoke that was mixed with all anger in her. “see don’t you feel better?” he gave her a half smile,

“yes I do. But we need to figure out how to get rid of that rat!” she huffed out more smoke. Rick positioned himself beside her,

“we should just stage her death, you know, make people believe her death was coincidental.” he uttered out like it was something he does everyday.

“yes but it won’t be easy to get a hitman since the last plan failed and one of them was captured.” she looked at her cigar with a stressed expression, she’d never been this stressed out before until Arianna made her way back into her life.

“we’ll just raise the price. You know how greedy they are.” he shrugged

“very well then,” she sighs wearily, “what do we do about that useless thing in prison?” she huffed more smoke out, her cigar already halfway,

“we just have to get rid of him because I don’t trust him one bit. He’s going to spill and we’ll be cooked.” he lit his seventh and huffed some smoke out,

“another problem yet again.” she sighed once more.