Amethyst P.O.V
I had ran for so long again that my feet were hurting once more. I kept picking them up and stopping every so often to relax, hoping and praying that the prince would not find me again. He had no right. No right to touch me like that if at all. And I was and am NOT, nor will I ever be his lady. But at the same time, something had felt... different when he held me in his arms. Perhaps I was? No, never. It would never happen anyways.
The prince has had a reputation of using women for his own pleasure and I was going to make sure I would never become one of them. That had to be the only reason he would want me. I'm always told by the men that I'm beautiful, but it could never happen. I'm just a peasant.
Night had begun to be replaced by day as I finally made it back to our home. Since it wasn’t too light yet and I knew that my family would still be asleep, I carefully opened the door and walked into the dimly lit room. My parents slept on the couch again, my little sister on the floor. My older brother, Kiath sat by the small fireplace and saw me. A huge smile appeared as he motioned for me to come over. When I went to sit with him, he embraced me as hard as he could.
"I'm so glad you're alright, Amethyst." He whispered excitedly.
I smiled back. "Yes I am too."
"What happened, sister? Why do you appear distressed?" He asked noticing something was wrong.
I shook my head and said, "It's nothing important, brother. It will all just blow over soon enough." I hoped.
"No, please you must tell me. Did you find Tobiath? What did they do to him?"
"He's gone, Kiath." I whispered. "Forever." I spoke the last word as tears welled up in my eyes.
He looked to the ground, contemplating what he could say to make everything alright again. Nothing could.
"I'm so sorry, sister." He finally spoke.
I gave him as broken smile before laying on the ground.
"What else happened?"
I opened my eyes again.
"I ran into a man who had...