Chapter 16 Life And Death

"MARI!" Theo cried out as he caught her in his arms before she hit the ground. The crowd was in chaos as they began to run out of the building. There was no sign of an archer, he hadn't even sensed anyone. He looked up at his family. His father was obviously angry, this attempted assassination if successful would ruin his plans. His mother and brother however showed no emotion.

Had this been their plan? Suddenly he heard the loud roar of Mariannas dragons from outside. He could tell that they could truly sense her pain. "The D-dragons" Marianna said slowly. "They w-will destroy this place if they continue to know not what happened" she stuttered as he could see her consciousness fade in and out the more she bled.

"CALL FOR THE DOCTOR!" Theo yelled as he picked her up. He cared not if her blood began to cover his clothes. Was he truly scared for a women he barley knew. Even he was unsure. He quickly ran outside, it took only seconds from the dragons to land in front of him. Their eyes red in anger. She reached her hand up to them. "I-ill be f-fine..." she said, then her hand dropped as her eyes closed.

"Your Highness" a man said from behind him. He turned to face him, it was a doctor. "Follow me" the man said and they quickly ruled her to a room. Theo laid her on the bed and vegan to pace the room as the doctor Bagan to examine her.

"I'm here sir" a young man in his teens said running into the room and closing the door with a bag in his hands. "Bring me my tools boy" he said "I'm sorry your highness but you must leave" the doctor said. "I refuse to leave my wife" said Theo in an angry tone. "You have no choice if you wish me to save her" the doctor said with a glare. Theo stormed out of the room.

He had no doubt the palace would be in chaos at the moment from the assassination attempt of the now crown princess. "Hunter" Theo said and hunter appeared. "What in the bloody hell happened?" He said in a dark and very angry tone "there was no sign of an assassin your highness" hunter said. "Find him and bring him to me alive if you can't do that your head will be taken instead of his" Theo said not looking at hunter "yes your highness" hunter said before quickly vanishing.

Theo didn't care who it was, if it was a noble or even his own blood he would take the head of whomever was responsible. But was it for the sake of his plans or his feelings, even he did not know.

Nyx and drazyn flew around the top of the castle Mari was in, like hawks. They would know weather she lived or died, they were completely connected to her, heart and soul. "DAMMIT!" Theo yelled as he punched the wall with the side of his hand.

"It seems as if you really care for her" a familiar female voice came from behind him. He turned to see who it was, and when he laid his eyes on the beautiful blonde haired women in a light pink ball gown. "Your dead" Theo said. "You would know... your the one who killed me brother" she said. "Perhaps insanity has finally taken over your mind. After all who would've thought that the perfect uncaring prince would fall for a girl" she said mocking him.

"What do you want?" He asked clenching his fists. "Dear brother I'm in your head, if I'm here it is only because you wish it so" she as she began to look at the pictures on the wall. "She is only part of my plan as I am part of hers, we need each other that is all Beatrice" Theo said. Beatrice turned to him and smiled.

"Oh brother, you are more naive then I thought if you believe that" she said. "Look at what you did to the wall, do you truly expect me to believe that you care nothing for the girl who is bleeding out in the next room" she said. "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO" Theo yelled. Beatrice walked over to Theo and lightly put a hand on his cheek. "I expect nothing" she said. "I suppose that I hope that you will do for her what you refused to do for your only sister" she said. "It is not as if you do not have something strong enough to heal her, I'm sure you remember it after all I begged for it in the last days of my life yet you yourself looked at me with the same eyes you do now and refused me" she said taking her hand off his cheek.

"Will you allow this girl to die as you did me, or will you save her" Beatrice said as she turned away from him. "The choice is yours brother remember that" she added, then disappeared.

Beatrice was his only sister, who died at the age of 20 from pneumonia, Theo blamed himself for her death as he held the only thing that would be able to save her. And now the choice was with him again to use it or not. Theo pulled a vile out of his pocket, he had always kept it on him, it was a potion to cure any sickness and heal any wound. Very few existed and the fact he had one was a miracle in itself.

After a second of staring at it he made his decision. The door to the room Mari was in burst open ad he walked inside. The doctor was still working on getting Maris bleeding under control but he had managed to get the arrow out of her. "Your Highness you can't be in here" the doctor said annoyed. "Hive this to her" Theo said showing the potion to the doctor. "Is that.." "yes it is" Theo interrupted. The doctor took it from him without hesitation, and poured it down her throat. Within seconds she began to heal and Theo let out a sigh of relief.

She would be ok

To Be Continued