Chapter 28 - The Plan

(Damian POV)

*One, two, three, four...fiv-.

"Damian, what are you thinking about? Angeline asked me.

"I'm thinking about the plan so we can be together forever." I smiled and watched as she smiled and fanned her face.

"You, you know I love you, but I can't stay here with you Damian, I can't stay... I love you but I don't."

My heart started to break and my body started to tremble as I watched those words casually slip out her mouth as she continued to fan herself.

"Please", I whispered while I was holding my chest.

"Please don't leave me." I reached towards her as she disappeared into thin air.

"Don't leave me".

I whispered.

"DON'T LEAVE ME ANGELINE!" I screamed and thrashed against the bars. I could see a petite figure running towards the bars.

Those small hands grabbed mine and for a split second, I felt love.

'Angeline', I whispered as the darkness took over, as the screams from the petite figure drowned out of my reach.

(Maria POV)

"Damian!" I screamed as the guards tried to pull me away from him.

"Get her away or we will not be able to see what's wrong." A guard said as two more came from out of nowhere.

I shook my head frantically.

"No, No, No. I will not leave him, I will not do it." I pressed my body into his and held onto him firmly.

"Let him go now, or I will make you." The authority in his voice made me let go and face the person who spoke with such demand.

The king smiled, "I don't have time for your mess today. My mate is unconscious and he needs me."

I ran my hands through my hair and was about to turn around but the king stopped me.

"As I recall your mate called out for my daughter, not you." He leaned against the wall and placed his hands in his pockets.

"Yeah, well you know what. At least I have a mate and a chance to win him over." I crossed my arms over my chest trying to understand if what I just said had any truth behind it.

"I said the same thing." The king looked at me and then at Damian.

"Put him back in his cell once you finish. His heartbeat is stronger than before, he will wake up soon."

The king held some kind of emotion in his eyes. Before I could hold his gaze he broke it to instruct the doctors. I kept my head down not daring to look up as his words played over and over in my head.

"If my job is done here, I'm going back to my office. If you need me to come up." The Kings' eyes lingered on me as if he was directing his words towards me.

I nodded my head and walked back over to Damian's cell. Once they put the last little bit of medicine in him, I helped lay him on the bed and laid down beside him.

I just wanted to lay in his arms, even if it was for an hour. I'm fine with loving him this way, his body knew who I was and responded as such.

However, his mind and heart were corrupted by Angeline and I promised him and myself that I would do any and everything that I can to change that.

I slowly drifted away to the sound of Damian's heartbeat. For the first time in a long time, I was happy.

***

"Get off of me", the deep masculine voice said as if it vibrated through his whole body into mine. I buried my face into Damian's chest some more.

"Get off of me NOW!" I instantly jumped off his chest and went to sit in the corner of the cell.

"Miss! Are you okay ?" I looked at the young guard standing on the outside of the cell.

I smiled, "I'm okay." He nodded and walked back outside of the holding area.

"What the hell happened to me?"

Damian mumbled as he pushed himself to the edge of the cot bed. I frowned and lifted my head,

"You thought I was Angeline and you couldn't bear the fact of m- of Angeline leaving.. you were in so much distress that you passed out."

I slightly chuckled and tried to wipe the tears that fell from my face away, but I was unsuccessful.

"Do you love her that much?" I pushed myself up and slowly walked towards Damian.

"Do you love her that much!? YOU ALMOST DIED FROM A BROKEN HEART BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE FOR HER! COULD YOU EVEN LOVE YOUR MATE JUST AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE HER IF NOT MORE !" I screamed and pointed my finger at his chest.

"I LOVE YOU DAMIAN, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MORE THAN ANGELINE EVERY COULD!"

My breathing started to increase as I started to beat on his chest,

"I love you." I whispered lowly,

"I really do.."

Damian held me in his arms. He grabbed my face and placed his mouth to my ear.

"If you really love me..then find a way to get me the fuck out of here. The king is planning an attack tomorrow and I need to kill him before he kills her."

I pushed myself away from him.

"What are you talking about?" He stared at me with a dumb look on his face,

"What attack?" Damian stood up and slowly walked over to me with a grim look on his face.

"Don't fucking play with me Maria. Get me the hell out of here so I can do what I have to do If you really love me."

Damian cracked his knuckles and laid back down on the cot.

"Time is ticking." I rolled my eyes as he said that and called the young guard over to let me out.

I slammed the cell shut and headed towards the Kings' office. All these thoughts ran through my head as I stormed past everyone and made my way to the Kings' office.

When I finally arrived two of the guards that were guarding the cell a few days ago approached me.

"We're sorry miss, we didn't know he was listening to us.. Please forgive us." Before I could say anything the king stood at the door and pushed both the guards away with a warning not to talk to me.

"What's going on?" I asked as I pushed past him and stormed into his office.

"I figured you already knew or had at least figured out why Damian passed out.. or well, what helped him pass out."

"Yeah, he thought I was Angeline and he thought I- she was leaving him... Why must you bring this up ?"

I let out an exasperated breath and sat down on the closest seat to me. The king slowly walked behind his desk and leaned on it..

"Yes, and no."

Before I could respond he held his finger up silencing me and continued,

"The attack that I'm planning tomorrow set it all off."

"What attack are you planning for tomorrow?"

He gave me a grim look,

"There's a ball tomorrow for the king's eldest son and his mate, Emrick, and Paradise.

Angeline has been staying with the vampire king and queen for a while now. I have had others watching her and I believe that she found her mate.

My spies tell me that she smells just like him and the way she looks at him is the way a mate would look at their mate.

The way she interacts with the others shows that she's been there before."

I ran my hands over my face and leaned back in the seat.

"So, what exactly are you attacking and when?"

"I'm going to kill Angeline at the ball." The king casually leaned against the desk and waited for my response.

I pushed myself up so fast that the chair I was sitting on flipped over,

"ARE YOU CRAZY! DO YOU.. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WILL DO TO DAMIAN? BESIDES SHE'S YOUR DAUGHTER! YOU CAN'T, YOU JUST CAN'T!."

I ran my left hand through my hair as I placed my right hand on my hip. He can't do this, ugh, I hate her guts and I would love for her to be out of the picture, it would make it so easy.

I could win Damian over once and for all, then again I could lose him due to his grief. No, I can't let him do this.

"What are you thinking?" The king asked, I stopped packing and faced him as I folded my arms.

"You. you can't do this.. I-I will not have a fair chance with my mate. If you kill her and he has another episode worse than that he's going to blame me. I can't go and face him without knowing I tried my hardest to save the girl he loves."

I stopped rambling and stared at the king who stared at me with an awed look.

"You are willing to stand here and beg me not to kill the woman who stands between you and your mate? Wow !"

The king laughed and walked back to his desk.

"I am going to kill my daughter tomorrow night. Now, I recommend that you go down there to your mate. I love the loyalty and drive that you have for that mate of yours who most likely will never realize how special you are until you're dead and gone. Maybe then he may not realize it. Even when your blood is in his hands."

I was walking towards the door when the last part of that sentence made me stop and turn around.

"Look, I know that he is not the best mate right now, but come on sir highness. My blood will never be in my mate's hands."

I stared at him and headed towards the door before I walked out. I turned back around and pointed at him.

"You know.. my mate may not love me right now, but I am not going to give up on him. I will never give up on him.. why? because I love him."

Without giving the king a second glance I turned around and headed towards the door. I gave it a good slam and stormed down the hall towards my room. I wanted to make sure I was clean before going back down to see Damian.

I had a feeling that tonight things would change.

***

My shower didn't last long. The water was numb to my body. I guess my thoughts really got to me. I walked up to Damian's cell and opened the gate.

I closed the cell and nodded at the two guards. They walked outside the room and closed the doors.

"Are you here to get me out? If you are not, just leave."

I turned my head around to look at him. I walked over to the corner and sat down..

"I have a plan, Damian."