He’s gonna kill you.

That was the first thought that ran through my mind. I bolted up out of Alex’s arms causing him to wake up.
“P-please d-don’t.” I stammered, tears filling my eyes.

He probably didn’t want you, you were just imagining it. He probably didn’t want to do those things with you.

“Jack?” His face held concern and I scooted away as far as I could without falling off the bed.
“Pl-please don’t h-hurt m-me I’m s-sorry.” I cried, tears streaming down my face.
“Hey, hey, hey, what’s wrong? You’re okay. Everything’s okay. No one is gonna hurt you.” He said soothingly and I started to calm down.
“You’re n-not gonna have m-me killed?”
“No! Why would I do that?” He asked.
“I th-thought you’d hate me after-“
He cut me off with a sweet kiss.
“I could never hate you. Never. You know you’re safe with me, I’ll always protect you.” He comforted before wrapping me in his strong arms and allowing me to melt into his chest.

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I hadn’t known what had happened exactly but I did know that the King and King Cenrid had gotten in an argument and now the truce was hanging by a thread. Tensions were high, Alex was occasionally abusive but I could only imagine the amount of stress he was under. His father was coming down with something (Mom assured us it would pass but still, you can never know), Cenrid was in our castle bearing down on all of us with an army which outnumbered ours, and in addition to that, patrols, training, and other duties a prince must fulfill were weighing him down. And even though Alex may push me around some, he always defended me if Cenrid’s knights were bullying me. And honestly, I didn’t mind being an outlet. If it helped him and made his life easier, I’d do anything. And that’s exactly the thought which flashed through my mind when he pushed me for taking too long with setting up his armor. It hurt me, it really did. Anytime he was anything but caring or loving to me cut at my heart but I’d rather have this than nothing. Alex had been going harder than ever on me during training. His swings were full force, he had no patience, he yelled instead of instructed causing me to shrink back and my movements to become small and guarded.
“JUST FUCKING BLOCK!” He screamed, swinging at me again. I couldn’t move fast enough so his sword collided with my chest knocking all the wind out of me and causing me to stumble.
“I-I’m sorry.” I cried when he grabbed the collar of my shirt which was peaking out from under my armor.
“That’s enough Alex.” A firm voice stated. We both looked to see Sir Dawson standing there with his arms crossed.
“Dawson, I highly suggest-“
“You’ve worked that boy into exhaustion. Look at him. Once he takes his shirt off, I’m sure there will be many bruises scattered all over from the way you’ve been tossing him around.” He spat. I was surprised by his attitude and so was the Prince.
“Do not forget who you are talking to, Dawson.” He warned.
“I know exactly who I’m talking to. I’m talking to the man who made me vow to never let the power get the best of him. Alexander I am demanding that you let the boy go.” Sir Dawson spoke with unflinching confidence. I expected the Prince to kill him then and there but instead he threw me to the ground and stalked off towards the castle. Sir Dawson extended an arm and helped me off the ground. He started messing with the clasps and then I realized that he was helping me with my armor.
“What’s wrong with him?” I asked.
“He has anger…Issues.” He replied, undoing the leather strips that bound the breastplate onto me.
“But he was never that way before! This only started around two weeks ago.” I said, doubt lacing my voice.
“Well then something must’ve happened recently to really get under his skin.” He replied, undoing the ties on my arm. I knew exactly what that was and after removing my armor, I returned it to the Prince’s room and got out of there was fast as I could.

Notes

Title Cred: Here We Go Again by Demi Lavato


WELL ALEX HAS FUCKING LOST HIS SHIT AGAIN

next chapter has the explanations and everything so don't worry babes

do you guys remeber when Here we go again by demi was everywhere?