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2024-10-29 19:42:56Flashback - Chapter 51.5
When the fighting broke out by the river, Ace had time to continue thinking about why Gwen was ignoring him. He didn’t do anything recently to upset her. At least to his knowledge. But this time, she seemed to be extra angry with him. She would not even give him the time of day and it really pissed him off that she would not tell him what her problem was.
Things escalated quickly and there was no second for him to stop. They were obviously outnumbered and if he turned his back for a second he could be killed, which is why he was not aware of when Gwen disappeared from the scene.
A lot of the soldiers from Paria-Drae, after realizing that things were turning out bad, started scrambling to get as much gold as they could to try and take it away with them. In the midst of the battle, they ducked their heads and grabbed as many of the containers as they could. But Ace and the othe
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Con’t Flashback - Chapter 51.5Captain Marcus shook his head a bit before approaching Ace. “Let me take Gwen. You’ve been out for too long, go and rest.”But before he could touch Gwen, Ace pulled back. “Do not touch her. She needs to be treated immediately.”With that, he pushed through the crowd and went to find someone to treat Gwen. He would not be able to sleep until he knew that she was being treated. Walking into the front building reminded him of when Gwen had treated him in Doctor Reeves’ room. She had called his face pretty and he wanted nothing more than to get more compliments out of her, but he knew that he was pushing his luck with her.Once he was in the building, he went searching for a place to out Gwen, but all the rooms had people in them. Doctor Reeves was busy trying to resuscitate someone in his office and there was another person there wai
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Gwen looked at Ace curiously. What did he need to tell her? She also looked at the bruise that was next to his nose. It was dark red and she winced a bit when she saw it. She guessed she had thrown the shoe a lot harder than she had thought.“What?” her tone carried uncertainty. Gwen never saw a look like that on Ace’s face before. His eyes were wide and his hands on her arms shook a bit. He looked a bit nervous if that was what she was guessing. But there was nothing she could imagine he would have to tell her that would make him nervous.“I- uh, I wanted to tell you something.” he swallowed.“I know, what do you want to tell me?” She gently pulled himself away from his grip. “Unless it’s an apology for what you called me this morning, in front of other people. Then I don’t want to hear anything else.”Ace cursed under his breath. “I was also going to apologize for that, but th
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Four days passed before there was anything worth Gwen’s attention. The Captain had come to check on Gwen the evening of her day off and she told him that she was fine. But he also checked on the morning after just to make sure that she did not change her mind. Gwen almost did. But she reassured him that everything was fine and that he had no need to worry about her.It was definitely quieter without Ace hanging around. She interacted with the soldiers and guards around her, but she was not close to any of them, so she just found herself alone for most of the time.Puckett was a lot quieter. She was not paying attention to him, but it was an obvious observation. He was not as boisterous as he would be with the other soldiers and even went without trying to challenge them to an arm wrestle or the number of pushups they can do in one go. She was getting a bit stared at because of it. To everyone else, they were usually together, and now
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The end of the visit was approaching and the incident (if one could even call it that) by the gold reserve was the only thing that rang any alarm bells. But that was not all there could be. And since there had been suspicious activity by the gold reserve, it told them that something could happen. It would have been more nerve-wracking if nothing happened for all of this time. Gwen would have been under the assumption that they planned to set off explosives in the castle or kill the King and Queen.After her interaction with the Prince, she decided that it was best not to worry about him or what he thought. It had been twice that he spoke to her alone and the second time he had been more obvious in what he thought about her and what he assumed her intentions would be. Gwen was also quite daring in the way she spoke to him. But that seemed to be beyond him in their conversation.She was questioned about their conversation after an
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News of the imprisonment spread fast and within a few days, Gwen was reading the papers with details about what the Queen did to get herself into that mess and how long it was predicted that she would stay there. There was a section of the paper gauging people’s reactions and everyone was outraged with what she had said. No one in Estril would show the Queen any sympathy and Gwen was glad that she was not getting away with her plan.Of course, Paria-Drae was still a problem, their Queen had been detained in another country. Even if people did not like her very much, they would still try to get her back. Meredith probably expected the entire country to be rallying to get her back, but Gwen was sure that most people would be laughing at the situation, saying that she deserved it. Gwen hoped her mother was not too bothered by it.There were some statements in the papers of people even calling for her to be executed. That real
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Gwen got her thoughts out. The thoughts that were crowding her mind for years, and that was a good thing. But she still needed to warn her parents. She was definitely going to get scolded for what she did but that was not important now.Especially now, when tensions were high between the two countries. She hoped that she would be able to go straight from Estril to Paria-Drae and not have to take a day’s worth of time to detour through Naudis. Gwen was not even sure if she would be able to leave to go to Paria-Drae, giving the excuse of just visiting her parents was not good enough and she did not want to reveal her secret to anyone else.But Gwen would cross that bridge when she got there, but for now, she needed to pack her things. There was not much and they all fit in the duffle bag she brought. She needed to leave as soon as possible. The Queen was probably trying to claw and bite her way through the cells.
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That night, Gwen was packed and ready to leave when no one would see her. Yes, there would be guards patrolling but she was sure she would be able to get past them without any interruption. They would probably pass her straight without any question and she had planned to give them some lame excuse as to why she was walking around the castle with a duffle bag. But it was her business anyway.She stayed in her room until it was quiet and dark enough to know when not many people would be around. Grabbing her duffle bag she opened the door silently as possible and closed it behind her. There were some lights on at the end of the hallways but that was it. It was not the best choice since it gave people who wanted to break in a cover, but it also made it confusing if one did not know where to go.Gwen knew that there would be guards by the gate and she also knew that the forest that surrounded the castle was also surrounded by a fence
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Her first stop was Mr. Rickeys. If she went to her parents first then it would be hard for them to let her go. So she would tell Mr. Rickeys first just so that he could know what to do if anything happened. Gwen trusted him immensely and she had not told him because he would have disagreed with her motive and tried to stop her if she did anything. But now that the situation was becoming too real, she needed to inform him.“Is this your home?” Puckett asked as he looked at the front of Mr. Rickeys’ house. He was clearly trying not to look too disgusted.Ignoring him, she opened the front gate and walked in. After being in the castle for so long, it felt nice to be outside and walking around. Gwen was always free to enter Mr. Rickeys' house because she knew that it was the only place he would be. The only other place he would be is somewhere to buy food or cigars. And how Mr. Rickeys has money when he clearly doe
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Time passes and she has not seen many of her friends in a while. She had not even seen Ace and realized how much she missed him. And so, Gwen works overtime and takes a day off so that she can go to Estril. She goes in secret and goes to Fort Brimburg. Because Para-Drae was not a threat anymore, many of the soldiers came back and many joined the army. She was sure that they got an earful from the General for that. Gwen still had her training clothes and so she integrates herself into the base as if she were always there but of course she is a Queen and is made out pretty quickly.She is called out from the morning line up and the General questions why she is there. He also seemed to not care that she was a Queen and treated her the same. Since Ace was usually at the front of the group she could see that he was happy to see her.Gwen tells him that she is there to train and she and the General go back and forth but eventually he lets her stay. Everyone does not really know how to treat
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At one point, Ace visits her and Gwen had not forgotten about their last encounter but she tries to ignore it and move on but Ace does not feel that way. She can tell that he acting differently around her and Gwen is not sure how to act. She gives him a tour of the castle but they get lost because Gwen is still not completely familiar with it. Ace takes the chance and tells her how he feels again. This time, he kisses her and she lets him. Gwen knows she feels something too but does not say anything back to him. He says that he is more than happy to wait for her response.The day of the coronation comes and Gwen is definitely not ready for it. This is the biggest thing that is going to happen in her life and she is not sure if she is ready. Her parents are there for her the entire time and help until the ceremony. Gwen invited the leaders of Estril, Naudis, Martaes, and Schneir. She invited all of the people she knew from Naudis, Estril, and Paria-Drae. Gwen had to say that it was the
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It had been a couple of months since everything unfolded. Meredith had been in prison ever since and had no chance of getting out in her lifetime. Her mother had made a public appearance a while ago and gave a heartfelt speech about the past twenty years and how it was so drastic from everything she knew but grew to appreciate simpler things because of it. And because of that, Gwen realized that it was her mother's way of telling the people that she was not going to be the Queen. And if that was the case, then it all fell on Gwen.Even though she threatened the Queen and told her that she would take the throne and because people want her to, did not mean that Gwen actually wanted it. She expected her mother to be the Queen the people all loved and wanted. But her mother was getting older and just wanted to live a simple life with the man she loved. She did not want to suddenly be thrust into a life she gave up on for so many years and it would also be unfair to her stepfather.And so,
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Gwen is going to make it look like she was the person who kidnapped the Queen and that no one else was involved. If there are other people involved then she would not confess. So she is taken to a run-down building in the middle of nowhere and officers and soldiers are hiding all over the place. Once she wakes up, she and her mother confront the Queen, Gwen acts like she is going to kill her just to make it believable. She gives her mother some time to talk to her and the Queen acts hateful and tells her that she should be dead and that even if they kill her, no one is going to believe them and that the people will not accept her.Elizabeth asks Meredith if she also killed her parents so that she could get the Queen. They should have lived another ten years before the throne could go to her. The Queen does not say anything about that but says that they died because it was their time and it helped her out. Gwen intervenes and says that she had enough time to talk and that she should tr
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When it came to important matters that had anything to do with the royal family or money, the royal family would address it themselves. If it was anything else they would have people do it for them. And seeing as it is as big as getting arrested, she would definitely make a public appearance. And Gwen would use that.With Mr. Rickeys in Naudis, it was just her and Ace. They were their own support and even had weapons from the base as extra protection.“What exactly are you planning to do? Storm the castle and catch the Queen by surprise and blow off her head? Ace asked her one day when they were just waiting around for something. Anything to happen. “The number of times I have imagined doing that would surprise you. But no, I don’t think that would work. To be honest, I’m not sure what will, but I’m using this time to think up a plan.”“You should not have gone to the Queen in the first place.”Gwen gave him a pointed look. “You think I don’t know that. It was dumb and deep down I kn
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There was nothing more nerve-wracking than standing at the side of the road, waiting to see any sigs of her parents. They could have walked past them, or they could have gotten caught. But the General took them to the closest place that he expected Ace to exit from. But once she saw them coming out of the forest a little way down the road from them, her heart finally started to beat again. And without a moment’s delay, they were taken to the military base. “Since we know that the Queen is a potential threat to the lives of your parents. I will have half of the men from the castle come here to protect them. Fort Brimberg does not have as many people as it used to and so we’ll need to stretch our resources thin for now.” the General told her. “Thank you,” Gwen looked back at her parents who were talking with the Captain. Ace was s
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Once Gwen was in Estril, she went straight to the castle. She was sure that since she was gone for so long, it was definitely making people worry. And since the Captain knew that it was only Gwen that was going, he would wonder if Ace went with her. Since it was a huge possibility that he was with her, she hoped that they knew that he was fine.Quickly, she greeted the guards at the front of the castle and when they let her through, she basically flew towards the castle. She received a lot of weird looks but that was the least of her concerns. She needed to find the Captain, the General, anyone.Almost crashing into some soldiers as she raced around a corner she held one of them demanding to know where the Captain was.“The last I saw he was by the throne r
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If the Queen found out information about Gwen then they would think that she lived in Naudis, which meant that Mr. Rickeys’ children were in danger, so she would have to go warn him first to get to them.After she ran off, Puckett followed her without asking any questions or making any comments. In a serious situation, Puckett was not useless and could be helpful when it counted so she didn’t disagree with him following her. This was bigger than both of their problems so Gwen pushed any anger for him out of the way, focusing on what was really important.They got to Paria-Drae in record time and even faster than how they were the day before. Gwen was not sure how fast the Queen could move but she definitely did not escape the castle to walk on foot anywhere. Which meant that she had a headstart.Once they were back in Paria-Drae, Gwen sent Ace to go check on her parents while she went to find Mr. Ric
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Gwen was then forced to explain everything that happened in detail to her parents. She'd never felt so small in her life. The look the both of them were giving her while she told the story made her regret telling them. She should have just told Mr. Rickeys, made him keep an eye on them, and then ran back to Estril where she would have been safe.And what made the experience even worse was that Ace was right behind her. He was just standing in the corner looking out of place as he watched Gwen get scolded by her parents. He had even tried to speak up for her but she shut that down quickly."I told you not to speak. Shut it or go back outside." she turned swiftly, snapping at him.Puckett closed his mouth and looked away."Wait, what exactly is your relationship with this young man?" her father asked."He's a parasite," Gwen said dismissively. "Now, if we're
