♛...𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 1𝘹1 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭44

[`sappho]

the north ;

ｂｌａｎｅ ｉｎｇａｒｅｔ

xxblane smiled at alesia's comment. "a northman will always have something up his sleeve," he said to her cheekily. "in fact, our plan should be in action as we speak," he told her. "this wedding will run as red as your mother's rubies." hopefully the wedding would be stopped before the middle land princess was wed to king aldo. maybe then he'd still have a chance to marry his tobin to her.

ｔｏｂｉｎ ｉｎｇａｒｅｔ

xxtobin largely ignored his father and his sisters' conversation. he already knew of the plot, he was the one who had proposed it to his father. he was the one who had hired the assassins and informed them about the lay out of the tamsins' castle and figured out where the wedding would be hosted. now he just had to trust that it would be carried out in his wishes. all royals were to be captured alive if the assassins wanted to be paid.

the middle ;

ｃｏｒｅｎｉｎｅ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxas the other queen agreed, her stomach turned. she knew now that she had to escape. something was going to happen. her vision clouded and when she blinked her eyes she saw nothing but red. panic spiked in her but she couldn't leave, the guards had closed up the doors to make sure the wedding wasn't interrupted.

ｍａｇａｒ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxnot quite as sensitive but still having some of his mother's feelings, he could feel a spike of energy around him. magar nodded before whispering back to her. "we have to leave or im sure we will end up as heads on pikes on the northern wall."

ｈｅｒｙａ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxthe princess saw a the priest force a smile on his lips, having finally gotten the stubborn woman to agree to the marriage. "then do you, king aldo tamsin of the southern kingdom wish for princess herya bathia of the middle kingdom to become your third wife?"

the south ;

ｓａｒｒａ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxsarra could see how angry gisella was having been forced to give her permission for the king to have his third wife. she waited for the king to confirm the marriage before the doors to the chapel flew open and a hood figure walked in, holding a knife to bastard prince maemor's throat.

ｍａｅｍｏｒ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxmaemor was taken aback when the woman grabbed him and put the knife to his throat. he wasn't dumb enough to struggle. they made their way to the door of the chapel where the guards nodded at the woman and opened the door and pulling out their swords.

ｂｈａｅｓａ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxbhaesa grinned. "sure," she said to him. "yes, that can be both good and bad," she said to her brother. she had clearly inherited her mother's stubbornness. kind of falling asleep, the princess jumped when the doors were suddenly thrown open.

[salvation.]

Isaac Bathia

Isaac grabbed his wife's hand trying to calm her down a bit. The wedding was almost over. He jumped when the doors burst open the hooded figure had a boy with them. He looked back urgently at Aldo.

Aldo Tamsin

"I-" He was cut short by the doors flinging open, he saw his son Maemor, one he really never cared about with a knife to his throat. "What is the meaning of this!"

Gisella Tamsin

Gisella almost had a heart attack when the doors swung open. She scoffed at the hooded figure, they had chosen the bastard prince, his blood being split would mean nothing.

Alesia Ingaret

A wicked grin spread across Alesia's face. "Well then this should be splendid."

Elyzabeth Bathia

Elyzabeth's concern was confirmed when the doors flew open. "We're too late." She muttered.

Myles Tamsin

Myles stood up as soon as the doors opened. The hooded figure had one of his brothers in her clutches. Though he was a bastard prince, he was still royalty and the loss of a child would affect his father's status greatly.

Braya Grizel

Braya entered the chapel unsettling most of the seated guests. "I hate to barge in on such a... beautiful moment. But I can't allow this wedding to proceed any longer." She pressed the blade closer to the boys neck causing a small cut to form. "Now hand over princess Herya, and I'll be on my merry way."

[`sappho]

the north ;

ｂｌａｎｅ ｉｎｇａｒｅｔ

xxthe ride to the south was not rough or long at all. in fact, it was much shorter than usual. most of the villagers were told to stay in their homes today to make sure all of the nobles had a smooth ride to the wedding. at first he had decided to take only the soon-to-be southern queen but now he was thinking of taking all of the midland children, just to show the king and queen of the middle kingdom who they were messing with. maybe a southern child as well.

ｔｏｂｉｎ ｉｎｇａｒｅｔ

xxafter the fairly smooth ride, their carriage pulled up to the chapel. he saw that the doors were already thrown open and the chapel was completely silent, not a single ringing silver bell or the voice of the priest. "father, how many will we be taking back with us today?" he asked. "oh, as many as you want. in fact, i was thinking of letting alesia choose which one she would like to become her servant," he told them with the snicker.

the middle ;

ｃｏｒｅｎｉｎｅ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxcorenine didn't know what to do. if she tried to save her daughter, the boy would be killed and others probably would too. a tear ran down her cheek and she buried her face in her hands. she couldn't watch this happening or she felt that she would pass out.

ｍａｇａｒ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxthe prince nodded. "i guess we are," he said with a sad sigh. unless some type of miracle came in the next few minutes, they were all doomed.

ｈｅｒｙａ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxherya's head snapped to the side as the door opened and she saw a hooded person walk in and holding a knife to a boy's throat. they wanted her. she didn't know what to do but there was no way anyone was coming to save her now. so she decided to do the only thing that seemed right. the princess walked down from the platform and towards the hood figured. "there's no need for anyone to be harmed, just take me and leave them be."

the south ;

ｓａｒｒａ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxsarra couldn't decide if herya was dumb or brave for trading herself for the neck of a bastard prince. no one would have cared if that boy was killed, other than the horses he cared for. now that she had the princess, would she leave or take more of them?

ｍａｅｍｏｒ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxmaemor watched as the princess walked down from the platform and away from his father. the princess was willing to give herself up for him? surely not, there were many other royals in this room, as well as her own family.

ｂｈａｅｓａ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxbhaesa ask stood up when the doors opened and the princess gave herself up. "we can't let her give herself up to them, then they will think we're weak and come back for more of us to hold for ransom," she growled.

[salvation.]

Isaac Bathia

Isaac wanted to call out to Herya to stop her, what the assassins intentions were he didn't know. He didn't want to risk his daughters life as well.

Aldo Tamsin

"Herya don't." Aldo ordered. He pointed at the assassin. "Guards kill them." The guards didn't budge, the removed their helmets to reveal faces that were not Southern guards, but assassins. He noticed the northern princess enter the chapel, he narrowed his eyes in anger at her. "This is your father's work is it not?"

Gisella Tamsin

Gisella sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose when the northern princess came into the chapel. Of course this was the northerners plot. They were jealous of Herya, she was also disappointed in Herya for offering herself for the stupid prince.

Alesia Ingaret

Alesia was the first to enter the chapel. She paused taking in the silence as more people stared at her in awe, she saw an assassin holding a boy, and the middle princess step down from the platform. She raised an eyebrow at the question Aldo asked her. "Well who else would have ordered a group of assassins to attack a royal wedding." She huffed crossing her arms. "She's ours." Alesia said pointing at Herya.

Elyzabeth Bathia

"Dear god." Elyzabeth whispered once the northern princess, Alesia, entered the chapel. Things were going to get out of hand from here.

Myles Tamsin

Myles stepped forward out of the crowd of children. His palm rested on the sword at his side, it was custom for princes to wear a weapon of their choice to important gatherings such as this. "Don't touch him." He shouted at the assassin, he looked at Herya. "Don't go near them."

Braya Grizel

Braya rolled her eyes at the boy who decided to be a hero. Using her free hand she pointed at one of the assassins that was disguised as a guard and they quickly restrained Myles. She smirked underneath the mask at Alesia, the northern royalty was here. She pushed Maemor to the ground. "Don't move." She hissed stepping towards Herya, she extended out an arm. "Are you coming with me then?"

[`sappho]

the north ;

ｂｌａｎｅ ｉｎｇａｒｅｔ

xxthe king strode into the chapel like he owned these lands. he was followed by at least a dozen more guards and assassins. more assassins and guards also surrounded the chapel, with word to burn it down and all of the royals in it if things went out of hand. "it is good to see you again, aldo and your gaggle of children." he saw one of southern princes step out from the rest. "ah, alesia, this one is rather feisty. would you like to have him as one of your servants?" he asked.

ｔｏｂｉｎ ｉｎｇａｒｅｔ

xxtobin saw the princess. "herya, just come to us, we don't wish to hurt you, only to carry out our original plans," he said to her. he saw his father talking about making on of the southern prince's into a northern servant and saw him reach for a sheathed sword. tobin pulled his first. "be careful, boy, you wouldn't want to be the reason for the death of all of the people in this room, would you? i advise you to hand over that weapon." he watched as the guards too him by his arms, restraining him.

the middle ;

ｃｏｒｅｎｉｎｅ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxwhen corenine heard the husky voice of her old friend, blane, she uncovered her face and stood up. "blane? why have you come here for my daughter? my husband and i clearly stated that tobin was no long a bachelor for her."

ｍａｇａｒ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xx"of course it's the north, it always is," magar growled. he then did something that he thought he would never do. magar stepped forward from the crowd. "if you wish to take herya with you, i want to come along, to ensure her safety."

ｈｅｒｙａ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxthe princess closed her eyes for a moment, trying to make her decision and block out what everyone was saying. herya took a deep breath and nodded. "yes, ill come as long as my family isn't harmed," she said to them before walking closed towards them. she smiled as magar offered to come with her.

the south ;

ｓａｒｒａ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxfear spiked up in sarra's stomach as the northern king made his way into the chapel. this was the man that had ordered an attack on her family's tribe in order to take their gold and silk, things that were scarce in the northern kingdom. this had caused the death of her mother, sister and two of her brothers, as well as countless other townspeople. as soon as the fear came, the anger replaced it. he was a cold murderer.

ｍａｅｍｏｒ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxrelief flooded maemor as he was thrown to the ground. he didn't dare move as she said told him not to.

ｂｈａｅｓａ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxbhaesa tried to stop myles from speaking out against the person but he was quickly apprehended. the princess forced herself not to speak but her jaw dropped when she saw herya hand herself over to the northerners.

[salvation.]

Isaac Bathia

Isaac narrowed his eyes at Blane. He wished Corenine never said anything, to bring more unnecessary attention to them. He refrained from shouting at Magar when he offered to go with Herya. He looked down at Elyzabeth who was making an attempt to hide herself. He looked back up at Blane. "Blane we have told you already, Tobin is not suitable enough for my daughter."

Aldo Tamsin

Aldo gritted his teeth, how dare these northerners come into his kingdom and start claiming things for themselves. "I will not allow you to touch my bride or my children." He snapped.

Gisella Tamsin

As soon as the guards touched her beloved Myles anger began to surge through her body. But she knew better than to speak out of place. "My son will not become a servant to some petty princess." She muttered.

Alesia Ingaret

Alesia looked up and down at Myles, he was a pretty boy. She took a step forward and grabbed his face in her hands, her long pointed finger nails digging into his skin. "I want this one." She stated letting go of his face, not forgetting to remove the sword from its place at his hip and tossing it to the ground.

Elyzabeth Bathia

Elyzabeth shook her head when Magar stood up. She was not going to offer herself to those northerners, if they wanted her they'd have to take her by force.

Myles Tamsin

Myles narrowed his eyes at Alesia, he wanted to attack her but he knew very well that only inflicting more violence would cause more trouble. He had some hope that his father would get rid of them.

Braya Grizel

"Hmm, two, how wonderful." She said rolling her eyes. She led the both of them to Blane. "I better get paid double." She whispered to him. She glanced back at the children, she badly wanted to leave one with a nasty scar, maybe Blane wouldn't mind. She noticed one of the female (Bhaesa) children standing there in shock, Braya racked her brain trying to remember which kid this one was. She looked at a fellow assassin and they seemed to get the message as one quickly made their way to the children and grabbed the female they brought her down to Braya held a smaller knife to the girls cheek. "Let the northerners take what they want or I'll cut her pretty face."

[`sappho]

the north ;

ｂｌａｎｅ ｉｎｇａｒｅｔ

xx"trust me, braya, you will be paid triple if we get all we want," blane said. he nodded at magar. "i will allow you to come with us but if i think you are trying to harm anyone in my castle, i will not hesitate to throw you in the deepest of my dungeons." his narrowed eyes glared at isaac and corenine. "you should be glad im only taking her, or maybe you'd like me to take dear elyzabeth as well." he snickered at aldo's comment. "i think you should just do what we tell you or the pretty daughter of yours is going to get pretty cut up."

ｔｏｂｉｎ ｉｎｇａｒｅｔ

xxtobin quickly reached out to grab herya's arm and pull her back towards him as she made her way over to the northerns. it was a done deal, they were bringing herya, her brother and alesia's new servant, a southern prince, with them. he could see the anger on the southerns faces as the assassin grabbed princess bhaesa and threatened to cut her if they weren't allowed to take everything they wanted.

the middle ;

ｃｏｒｅｎｉｎｅ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxcorenine's face went completely pale. two of her children were captured by the north and going to be taken to their vile kingdom, forced to do who-knows-what by these horrible villains! heavy tears rolled down her cheeks. they couldn't take elyzabeth too, her heart would be crusted into a million pieces.

ｍａｇａｒ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxmagar nodded to the northern king. "aye," he said solemnly then just stayed silent. he didn't want to bring anymore attention to himself and herya, it was his job to make sure she wasn't hurt and right now that meant going along with everything they were told to do.

ｈｅｒｙａ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxherya stumbled back as tobin grabbed her by her arm. she couldn't look as the rough assassin grabbed bhaesa and pushed her to the ground, threatening to hurt her. she could feel warm tears racing from her eyes but couldn't move her hands to wipe them away.

the south ;

ｓａｒｒａ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxseeing that the assassin was now threatening to cut the face of bhaesa, one of aldo and gisella's legitimate children, she didn't know what they would do. there was no way they could fight against this now.

ｍａｅｍｏｒ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxrelief flooded maemor as he was thrown to the ground. he didn't dare move as she said told him not to.

ｂｈａｅｓａ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxbhaesa struggled against the assassin but knew it was no use when she was thrown to the ground. she could feel the cold, sharp blade of the knife pressing against her cheek, threatening to slash her and draw blood. she wanted to be strong but she couldn't.

[salvation.]

Isaac Bathia

Isaac looked away knowing there was nothing he could do. He placed his hand on Corenine's shoulder, he would get them back one way or another.

Aldo Tamsin

Aldo just glared at Blane. He was defenseless in this situation. He decided to stay quiet, he didn't need another one of his children taken away to the northern kingdom.

Gisella Tamsin

When her other child was touched Gisella almost lunged at the assassin. How dare they touch her children and make them look weak. She stared at Bhaesa waiting to see what would happen.

Alesia Ingaret

Alesia grinned when the assassin grabbed Bhaesa. She so badly wanted the assassin to cut the girls pretty face. She glanced over at her father. "Are we done here then?"

Elyzabeth Bathia

Elzyabeth looked back when she heard her name come out of the northern kings mouth. She stared at Tobin with the anger of a thousand suns when he touched Herya. She wouldn't speak, nothing to draw too much attention to her. She needed to stay with her parents, at least for now.

Myles Tamsin

Myles remained quiet for the rest of the exchange, feeling his heart sink. No one would be saving him. He glanced at his mother and Sarra, Gisella looked enraged and she had to the right to be.

Braya Grizel

Braya lifted an eyebrow when Aldo didn't speak. She knew he was going to let the northerners take what they want, but she wanted to have some fun first. She spotted a man in the audience becoming antsy and reaching for his weapon, with the knife she had held against the princess's face she threw it at him, hitting him right in the throat, he collapsed which erupted a chorus of screams and gasps from the crowd. She kicked Bhaesa to the ground watching as the princess's face hit the floor. She stepped back and bowed. "Now if you don't mind... my employer and I will be leaving."

[`sappho]

the north ;

ｂｌａｎｅ ｉｎｇａｒｅｔ

xxblane looked to alesia and nodded. "yes, we ought to leave before more blood is spilled. pity we didn't get to see the blood of our true enemies spilled," he said. he motioned for the guards the grab the boy, myles, and for two more to watch magar and make sure he wasn't trying anything before they walked out and towards the carriage.

ｔｏｂｉｎ ｉｎｇａｒｅｔ

xxtobin drug herya from the chapel and helped her into the carriage before he walked over to braya and the group of assassin. he pulled out a small sack that was full of golden coins, more than double they'd been promised because of how well it had gone. "here you are, m'lady," he said, handing the bag to braya.

the middle ;

ｃｏｒｅｎｉｎｅ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxcorenine watched as her children were pulled away from her and the large chapel doors slammed. her fist clenched. she would get her family back, one way or another.

ｍａｇａｒ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxmagar walked out of the chapel with the northerners, guards surrounding him to make sure he wasn't trying to kill them and escape with herya. he only wished he could have done that but, right now, that just seemed like suicide. he got into the carriage and sat with the other prisoners, his sister and the southern prince.

ｈｅｒｙａ ｂａｔｈｉａ

xxherya stumbled out of the chapel as tobin pulled her along roughly before practically throwing her into the carriage. her whole body was shaking violently.

the south ;

ｓａｒｒａ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxsarra gasped as the man was killed. he had been the son of a well known lord in the southern kingdom. this would not go well with his family. he watched as the northerns walked out the door, taking myles, herya and magar with them.

ｍａｅｍｏｒ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxmaemor's stomach dropped as blood was spilled from the lord that had been killed in the pews. he watched the northerners quickly leave as bhaesa was thrown to the ground.

ｂｈａｅｓａ ｔａｍｓｉｎ

xxher eyes widened as the knife was removed from her face and thrown into the neck of the man. bhaesa let out an 'oof' as was kicked to the ground and her face was slammed into the ground and she landed beside her half-brother, maemor. she didn't dare move but heard the footsteps of the northerners walking out of the door and jumped as she heard the loud slam.

[salvation.]

Isaac Bathia

Isaac swallowed a lump in his throat when the chapel doors close. He turned to face Aldo. "What are you going to do about this?"

Aldo Tamsin

Aldo sighed. "I understand your worry Isaac. I will get them back. I will send out some of my finest men and stop this."

Gisella Tamsin

Gisella covered her mouth with a hand when the doors slammed shut. She waited a few moments before rushing to her daughters side helping her get up. "Bhaesa darling are you okay?" She asked.

Alesia Ingaret

Alesia hopped into the carriage her face beaming with joy. She stared out the window at Tobin waiting for the carriage to head back North.

Elyzabeth Bathia

Elzyabeth let out a long breath when the northerners left. Her brain was flooded with ideas on how to rescue her siblings. She looked at Aldo and felt pity for the man. He wasn't going to fix this.

Myles Tamsin

Myles didn't make eye contact with the others. He looked down at his hands. "I'm sorry." He said.

Braya Grizel

Braya removed the cloth from her mouth exposing her full face. She grabbed the coins from Tobin. "Thanks sweetheart." She said with a wink. "Be sure to tell your father if he needs me to do anymore dirty work to send for me."