30. kentucky fried chicken

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Eden Salvatore

I stared at the empty space beside me with a frown. She placed a pillow in my arm and left. The bed was cold and lingered was the scent of her sweet winter roses and soap.

Elliot sat on the chair beside me with a computer on his laps, furiously typing away his life while his mouth kept opening and closing again and again and again. His nonsense and utter bullshit rang through my eardrums that I could barely hear the voices inside my head anymore.

Then there was this stupid grin he had spattered across his face, no doubts having the time of his life trying to hack into the royal computer system.

He was way too fucking cheery. I just wanted the grey clouds above my head to swallow and suck the life out of him.

" Do you think the King will throw me into his dungeon if he finds out I did this? I meant we're practically family. He would forgive me right? " he asked for the hundredth times.

" I wonder if I can get one of these Duke's daughters number. A royal fuck sounds pretty classy to me. " he continued.

There was no such thing as the devil whispering inside my ears. I took full responsibility of my thoughts and the voices in my head. And, right now I had murder on my mind.

I wondered if mother would ever find it in her beautiful heart to forgive me for killing her other son. Perhaps not, if it was solely for self defense because if I didn't have a concussion before, I sure as hell had one now or maybe even a fucking tumor.

" I don't think you need to talk to me at all. " I sighed, running a hand down my face.

He snapped his head up to look at me. His eyes grey and amused, " Is my presence irritating your highness? " he chuckled.

" Your whole existence is irritating. I should've eaten you in that womb when I had the chance. Why are you even here? " I scowled at him.

" I love you too, little brother. " he winked then turned his attention back to the computer.

Elliot didn't talk to me after that. Silence invaded the air and the sound of his keyboards clicking filled the hallow room. God, I hated this damn room and all seven ancestors of its builder.

I sighed as I leaned my back on the headboard, enjoying the peaceful feeling which lasted for about five minutes before his mouth started opening again.

I should have known better. I only spent two decades and a half with him after all.

" Would you trade your wife for a packet of Oreos? " the peasant asked. " Double stuffed. " he added quickly.

Frowning slightly at the ceiling, I silently huffed to myself. " Don't talk to me. "

" Shit. You love her, don't you? " he chuckled wholeheartedly and I could hear his smirk from here without looking at his shitty face.

Every words however ceased to exist as they all burnt at the very back of my throat. I sucked in my own breath and the blood in my vein ran ice cold at his question.

I would no doubt rip the whole world apart and remake it myself if she wasn't there, the entire living species would suffer under my wrath. I would die for her in a heartbeat. And, shit I almost did.

But, did I love that damn woman? Fuck. No. I didn't think so. Not in this lifetime.

Elliot grinned at my reaction but didn't say another word when the door was opened and then kicked shut again after Thane and Ace strolled inside the room.

I sighed heavily, wondering who the fuck let these idiots inside the palace wall. But, the sickening feeling at the depth of my brain was still there, discussing and analyzing his stupid question.

The bastard knew how to get into my head.

" What do you want? " I asked.

" I feel very welcomed. Thank you very much. " Ace narrowed his eyes at me.

" He's our little sunshine, isn't he?. " my twin brother shrugged his shoulders casually.

Nodding his head in understanding. Ace cheerfully clapped his hands together with a rather bright smile, " Guess what I did? "

" You slipped and accidentally killed someone in the process? " I sighed under my breath.

" No. But, I did take a million pound deal to kill your wife. You don't happen to like her, do you? Is she important? I'm sure you won't mind, right? "

I stared at the idiot, unamused.

" No? Okay. Got it. " he raised his hands up in surrender.

" Sad that I couldn't participate. Killing the princess is the new trend in the underworld I swear. " he continued, scrunching his face.

If he had asked me a week after my wedding, I would have even paid him myself and threw him a fucking party as a thank you.

But, right now I wanted to strangle the fucker alive then tore him into shreds for even thinking of touching a hair on her pretty head.

They left me alone after a few not so empty threats to strangle them with my IV. Elliot proceeded to continue hacking into the damn system with Ace and Thane's help.

It was the highlight of my day, watching the idiots failed miserably in their attempts. And, despite them trying to help me save the duty, it was still amusing on my part.

I strayed my gaze to the window, feeling the warmth of the sun kissing my skin. I had never thought of a day that I wanted to go out to see the world but after a couple of days on bed rest, I missed being free.

I could have walked out because it was my life and no one told me what to do but damned that looks on her face. Worried and scared. It was like she thought I would just dropped dead the second I moved.

That broken looks in her glassy eyes hurt my head and stabbed me to my very bone.

I was so fucking screwed.

" Is it just me or everyone else misses Ryan too? I bet he can hack into this shit with his eyes closed. " Elliot huffed.

" Too bad he's an ocean away, trying to kill some mafia princess who pissed him off. " Thane scoffed, massaging his temples.

Ace squinted his eyes into two slits before pointing fingers at us accusingly, " Seriously? I missed another episode? What else don't I know? Is Bella pregnant? "

Pregnant? Over my father's fucking dead body then Nicholas's then Elliot's and then I would use them as my shields.

The door was suddenly slammed open. I sat straighter up in surprise while the three idiots fought over to close the damn computer and broke it in half. I ran my fingers through my hair, tempting to pull it all out.

Adalina appeared through the door. I listened to her soft footsteps stumbling across the floor precisely three seconds after the door was shut closed again. She was still in her dress and under the golden sunlight, she looked like a walking sunflower.

She walked in with a confused looks on her face, watching my brothers with furrowed eyebrows. My eyes focused on the faint pink on her face.

I leaned forward when she reached me and brushed my fingers on the small bruise on her jaw as I frowned, " It wasn't here before. Who did this? "

" Got in a fist fight over the ball meeting. Those royal counsels are really the pain in my ass. I won though. " she shrugged, smiling.

" I believe I asked you a question. " I said again and she brushed me off.

Chuckling, she patted my head gently. " You're cute but I'm fine. "

Narrowing my eyes at her, I decided to let her think that I let this slide. Whoever the hell he was, was definitely going to deal with me later.

" Okay. " I sighed.

She flopped onto the space beside me and settled herself under the blanket. Shaking my head, I leaned down and pulled her into my chest before placing a light kiss on her forehead.

" What are you doing here? " she grinned at me before turning her attention to the three idiots that I forgot was still here.

" What the fuck just happened? " Elliot squeaked, his eyes widened.

" I think we broke the computer and traveled through space into another planet, a rather weird one. I'm scared. Can you call my mom? " Ace added.

" I'm still high from this morning. That has to be it. " Elliot slapped his own face.

Thane flashed us a knowing smirk. " Slowpokes. The ship is sailing and I'm the captain. "

I couldn't believe I was related to this fucker and friend with his best friend.

" Close your eyes. I'm going to kill them. " I whispered into her hair, earning a sweet chuckle in return.

A smile ghosted across my lips at the sound. God knew I would do anything to hear that.

" Whipped. " Elliot coughed behind his knuckles. Clearing my throat, I glared at him.

Then I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift boomed across the room.

Ace shoved his hand into his back pocket and fished out his phone. We watched him, following his moves. Flipping his middle finger in the air he swiped his thumb across the screen and answered the phone.

" Ace Beckett on the line. Welcome to Kentucky fried chicken, what can I get you today? . " he spoke.

Literal idiot through and through.

" Oh. " his mouth formed into an O shape as he listened to the other line speaking.

I really felt like we should be giving him some privacy but everyone kept leaning forward to listen. Adalina included because she was taking me with her.

" You got it, my man. Consider it done. " he hung up the phone before turning to us with a grin expression. " Okay. We've got a bit of a problem. "

" Say it, Beckett. " I took a deep breath. When Ace got a call, it had to be either that he pissed someone off or someone needed to be dead.

" The little bird on the phone told me about a royal charity ball next week. " he turned his gaze to the duty and she sighed.

" Mother and I are arranging the event. That's what the meeting was about. "

" Excellent. It turns out that I'm going to be kidnapping you, my beautiful princess. " Ace winked.

Adalina tilted her head sideway and groaned into my neck. " They're kidnapping me again? This is getting old. "

" Okay. You made it sounds so boring and now I'm insecure to do it. " Ace squinted his eyes into two slits.

" Who called you? Can Elliot track the number? " Thane asked, pointing at the broken computer.

They both shook their heads and I sighed, highly doubted that it wasn't a burner phone. These royal fucks were smart and it was getting annoying.

I took a long deep breath.

" Look likes you're going to get kidnapped, my darling wife. " I tightened my arm around her and looked at her dead in the face.

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A/N: i apologize for the long wait. i'm alive but i was dead.

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