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Chapter 14

Charles’s POV

The week after seeing Jesse was boring, I didn’t do anything beside think about what I could have done differently to make something happen between Jesse and myself. Now I was sat in an airplane with Geoffrey hovering over Driftwood whilst the pilot decided where to land. ‘So Prince how did you like this trip?’ Geoffrey asked as he put his phone back into his blazer pocket.

‘It was good, until I saw him,’ I groaned not wanting to say Jesse’s name.

‘Don’t worry about him. You’re eighteen now anyway,’ Geoffrey began. Being eighteen didn’t really mean much beside the fact it’s actually legal to drink alcohol in Driftwood when you’re eighteen. I’m not a big drinker anyway.

We arrived back at the palace and Leonardo opened the door for me and Geoffrey followed. My mother and father both greeted me with a hug but no one was smiling and I instantly knew something bad had happened and I began getting worried. Geoffrey’s eldest brother Elton walked over to Geoffrey and pulled him close to him. I looked at them worried. ‘What is going on?’ I asked nervously. No one answered but I could hear a muffled cry coming from Geoffrey’s 20-year-old sister, Carolina. ‘Can someone answer me?!’ I shouted.

‘He’s back and he’s taken someone else,’ I knew who my mother meant when she said those words. Geoffrey pushed Elton away from me then looked around his brothers and sister.

‘Where are Julian and Finnley?’ Geoffrey asked, his voice was croaky. Carolina let out a loud cry which set the younger sister Hanna off. ‘No please tell me this isn’t happening,’ Geoffrey began as he looked through everyone. He stiffened then began crying.

‘Elton, Jerold, please can you take Geoffrey inside and get him a drink or something?’ my mother asked loudly as she kept a brave voice on. Chandler was stood beside her with a crutch in one hand and he held my little sisters hand with the other one.

‘No I don’t need a drink, I need to find my brothers,’ Geoffrey demanded as he turned around and headed for the gate. Never, since I knew Geoffrey, had he ever acted like this, not even when he heard his mother and father had been taken.

‘Geoffrey please,’ Elton mumbled through slight tears. Geoffrey began running and Jerold ran after him with his arms stretched out in front of him. Jerold reached Geoffrey and Geoffrey just let his body fall onto the stones on the large driveway. Jerold knelt beside him and wrapped his arms around him. I could hear Geoffrey shouting but I couldn’t understand him because he was too far away. I didn’t even know what to do, I was speechless. First Geoffrey’s parents, now his brothers? I quickly turned and began running across the pavement to Geoffrey.

‘Geoffrey come with me and we’ll go fetch a drink and some food,’ I whispered into Geoffrey’s ear as I knelt behind him. I knew everyone was looking at me but I didn’t care at this moment. Two of my best friend’s brothers had been kidnapped by a murderer.

Geoffrey’s POV

I couldn’t progress the information I had been told. I felt like I was going to throw up, I didn’t even care though. The entire royal family of Driftwood were watching me and I was acting up. The youngest boys in our family had been taken by some psycho murderer to a place which was unknown to anyone living here. Forget that, no one even knew what the killer looked like. I couldn’t stop thinking about my parents, when they had died and how we found the news out from a paper sent from an anonymous person. Charles was holding onto my arm lightly whilst Jerold helped him get me from the white pebbles, I would have much rather stayed on the floor to be honest. ‘How did they get taken? They weren’t supposed to leave the palace!’ I shouted as I wobbled across the pebbles with help from Charles and Jerold.

‘They left unannounced. All I know is that one minute they were at the horse farm and then they were gone. All that was left was a note saying we had two months before the pair of them will die, together,’ Jerold explained. I couldn’t even take in the information.

‘Let me go, I need to find them. They’re my brothers and I want to look after them,’ I argued as I thrashed around in the boys arms.

‘We’ve sent a search party out and all the police forces are working on it,’ Jerold continued as he tightened his grip on my arm. Charles hadn’t said one word. He just stared ahead of us. His grip on my other arm loosely, I could probably just remove my arm if I wanted to but I had a feeling that if I did that I would just collapse. ‘Harvey please get Geoffrey’s other arm and we’ll take him to the kitchen,’ Jerold instructed.

‘No. I want to go to my room,’ I decided. Jerold nodded then Charles released my arm and Harvey took his place.

‘This is my fault,’ Charles said quietly behind me. ‘If I hadn’t of taken you with me to New York then you would of been here and able to look after Finn and Jules. I’m so sorry,’ Charles cried before running into the palace. I felt a little bad for him, he actually blamed himself. Chandler gave me a worried look before both him and Alfred quickly rushed to the palace after him.

                I sat with my head on the table and a coffee mug in my hands. I couldn’t stop thinking about how scared Finnley and Julian must be now, they’re in a strange mans house alone. I still felt ill but I continued to worry about Finn and Jules. ‘Perhaps if I go to the horse farm he’ll take me to,’ I decided as I sat up.

‘Geoffrey don’t be stupid. We will get them back, both of them and they will be fine,’ Carolina comforted but I didn’t felt like be comforted at the moment, I felt like being told the truth; that there is a chance of my little brothers being murdered like my mother and father.

‘You’re lying to me, you don’t know if they will be fine. You just want them to be fine but you can’t predict the future Carolina so don’t act like you can!’ I yelled as I stood up and left the cup on the table then began walking down the hall so I could go to see Charles. ‘Don’t even bother following me okay,’ I said behind me as I heard some chair slide on the white marble tiled floor.

                Charles, Chandler and Alfred were all in Charles’s bedroom. I sat on the fluffy rug on the floor beside Charles bed whilst tears fell from my eyes and onto my lap. ‘Alfie, Chan can you please give us a minute?’ I asked polity as I turned to face the boys who looked at me and then nodded. I actually made two Prince’s listen? Once I heard the door shut I pulled myself up onto the large bed which was extremely padded. ‘Charles turn around,’ I demanded to the prince who was lying with his face in his pillows and his legs kicked up behind him. Charles listened and turned to face me with a bright red face.

‘How can you even stand to speak to me?’ Charles questioned stubbornly.

‘Because you’ve done nothing wrong; how was you to know that the guys would have gone missing?’ I began as Charles looked at me whilst wiping the tears from his eyes. ‘Look all the other guys where here, I doubt I would have made too much of a difference. If no one else saw him then why would I have exactly?’ I asked as I looked at Charles.

‘There could have been a chance though. I know how close you are with the guys so you might have seen them,’ Charles muttered through tears.

‘Well I didn’t. We can’t change the past Char, now all we can do is try to find the guys and hope for the future,’ I admitted trying not to cry again. ‘So we can either sit here and regret things we can’t change or we can do something that may actually help,’ I began.

‘How about I go outside. I’m sure this murderer will do anything to get his hands on someone from the royal family and then he might give your brothers back,’ Charles offered but I shook my head.

‘Don’t be stupid Charles. It isn’t your fault; I’ll try to think of something that will keep all of us safe. We have two months now so if I get to work now I’ll think of something. Go to bed and get some sleep or else you’ll have really bad jetlag,’ I insisted as I took Charles shoes from his bed and walked over to his wardrobe to put them away. ‘Would you like your pyjamas?’ I asked from the closet.

‘No,’ Charles replied plainly. I left the wardrobe and saw Charles still sat on his bed with his knees hugged into his chest. ‘I can’t ever do anything right,’ Charles complained. ‘First I ruin Jesse’s life and now I’ve ruined yours.’

‘Don’t be stupid Charles now go to bed. I will be back soon, I promise,’ with that I left Charles room still biting my lips whilst holding back tears. I couldn’t stop picturing Finnley and Julian being tortured by a weird man who they didn’t know, a man who was going to kill them.

                ‘Geoffrey you’re home, I guess that means Charles is home also? Where is he?’ Rosanne asked as she walked into the kitchen where I was on a palace laptop searching through the camera footage from around the palace hoping I’d see someone who looked like they’d want to hurt the royal family.

‘In his room, don’t go to him please because he is sleeping,’ I told Rosanne, I’ve never liked her but that’s okay because she doesn’t like me either. I don’t really care though because I’ll always be closer to Charles then her.

‘Why not? He is my boyfriend, soon to be fiancé,’ Rosanne moaned.

‘That doesn’t change anything,’ I muttered trying to seem unfazed by how annoying she was being at the moment.

‘Don’t go being horrible to me, just because those things you call brothers got taken,’ Rosanne said with a grin. How dare she?

‘Don’t speak about my family like that!’ I exclaimed as I jumped up from the chair sending it falling backwards with a loud crash. ‘I can just go tell Charles how much of a fool you are and that he deserves so much better then you!’

‘But then your brothers will have less time to live,’ Rosanne smirked then quickly pressed her lips together.

‘What does that mean? Do you know where they are?’ I questioned worriedly. Rosanne just stood in pure silence.

‘No I’m just saying. Charles dumps me then the man will know that he needs to get your family to pass over the crown and I know he won’t stop at anything.’ What does that mean? She knows something and I’m going to get her to tell me what.

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This story may not get uploaded as regular as I would like it to in the future. Basically T has had some problems with her head and she is suffering from dizziness and bad pains so I won't be spending as much time with her for the time being. I'll probably still see her more than once a week but I'm not sure if it will be as often as normal so I won't have acsess to her computer or her Wattpad profile. Sorry; I'll try to upload every Thursday still though!:D -ALEX!

So it's T again! I had to write this chapter because Alex is stupid and he didn't feel like writing, plus he didn't know what to put. I don't actually know if this chapter makes sense but it should do. Oh yeah, I tried to edit it the best I could because Alex had a bitch fit at me but sorry if it isn't perfect. Yeah, I think I just broke my wrist so...yeah. Bye!x -Love T!

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