ROSES FOR RACHEL: EPISODES 21-30
Episode 30
Pedro sighed. “Rachel, you know that man loves you, right?” He asked. “He can’t help that he’s what he is. He made his choice, if you can call it that, a long time ago.
I can say for sure though, if he’d known you then, he never would have let himself be changed. He is who he is now though.”
He told me, looking at me hard. “How do you think it makes him feel when you so openly say you wish that vampires didn’t drink blood? Something he has no control over.
He wants to make you happy, and he wants to be what you want, whether you can see that or not. I’m sure he didn’t mean to hurt you, just like I’m sure you didn’t mean to hurt him.”
I didn’t want to hear it, but I felt in my bones that Master Pedro was right. As bad as I feel that Calvin snapped at me, I bet he is feeling bad too. I don’t want to make him feel like he isn’t good enough for me, I just don’t know how to process all of this.
“You’re very wise.” I grinned lightly, and Pedro rolled his eyes.
“Ok, wise tutor of mine, will you please tell me why I wasn’t warned about there being a double elimination?”
“I didn’t find out until moments before you girls arrived.” He explained. “Apparently Calvin was able to talk the king into shortening the completion to 3 months instead of 6.” That only made me feel worse about our argument, and it must have showed. “Don’t fret over it.” Pedro laughed, then he leaned closer to me, pushing the door shut. “Back to the whispers?” He asked.
“Uh, yeah.” I said quickly, my heart rate picking up. “Tell me.”
“Ok, so supposedly, there is some kind of underground rebellion going on. They’re whispering about revolution.” He informed me.
“It’s very dangerous though, and it’s only worse because I have no idea who is in on it.
I have to be careful who I speak to about it, I don’t want someone to think I’m a part of it, or I’ll be in the dungeon.” He shivered.
I drew my brows together. “What are they rebelling against?” I asked.
Pedro looked nervous again, like he didn’t want to say but I nodded for him to tell. He sighed loudly. “The king.” He whispered.
I widened my eyes. “Why?” I asked surprised. “I thought everyone loves the king?”
Pedro narrowed his eyes and puckered his lips, making a sound.
“Not exactly, but no one goes against him either. People have been disinterested in him for a long time, but he’s got the power and the army, so…”
“So what does this have to do with me then?” I asked.
“I haven’t quite figured that part out yet.” He admitted.
“Like I said, I’m not even sure this is true, but I heard that there is some sort of plan in place, so maybe you throw a wrench in the plan.” He sighed again. “I don’t know what I should do.” He said.
“If I hold back the information, and it turns out to be true, then I could be charged as a traitor.
On the other hand, if I do tell, I could be in danger from whoever these people are. None of my sources can tell me who exactly is a part of the rebellion.”
I leaned back on the door, chewing my lip. “I think you should tell.” I decided. “King Gordo can find out who the people are himself and then we’ll all be safe.”
Pedro looked unsure. “I don’t know, what if it’s not true?”
“It has to be, nothing else makes any sense.”
“Ok.” He said finally, nodding his head one time quickly. He stood up and held out his hand for me, helping me up from the floor. “I’m going now to his chambers.
Call me a sissy, but you may not see me much for a while. I think I’m going to ask to be kept under protection for the information.”
I hugged him quickly. “I think that’s a good idea.” I told him honestly. “I don’t want to have to worry about you.”
When I pulled away I walked him out to the bedroom door, and we both lingered in the doorway. “Where are you going?” He asked me as I followed him out.
I sighed. “I want to go find Greer.” I admitted. “I don’t want to leave things with her the way I did, especially if the competition is shorter.”
“Ok.” Pedro said lifting his hand to tap me on the nose with his index finger. “Be careful.” He smiled, then walked away.
I went back in my room to trade out my heels for a pair of ballet flats, then I walked down to find Greer. I knocked on her door, but no one answered.
I was about to head back to my room when I saw Lexton coming down the hall. “Hi, Rachel.” She said kindly as she got close. Still looking like a beauty queen in her white dress.
“Hey.” I replied with a smile. “Do you know where Greer is?”
She shook her head. “All the girls were in the rec room, but she left and said she wanted some time to think and be alone.” She said. “She didn’t say where she was going though. Sorry.”
“Oh, that’s ok, I’ll just go look for her.” I replied.
Lexton smiled softly, then continued on her way.
I thought hard about where Greer may go. The first place I thought of was the library.
Greer isn’t a big fan of reading, but she used to like to sneak off to quiet rooms like that when she was feeling down back at Drighten.
I walked quietly to the elevator, then took it up to level 5 where the library was.
The further down the hall I got, the more I could hear men’s voices creeping out of the room at the end of the corridor.
I slowed my breathing, and walked as quietly as I possibly could until I got down to the doors that were cracked slightly.
I stood quietly and listened. There were at least three men inside and the conversation started to get quieter and quieter.
I really started to tune in when I heard someone mention the king. “He’s a fool.” One man said.
“This whole competition is a joke!” Another man laughed. “How the man has been in control as long as he had makes no sense to me. Gordo is a joke.”
“Agreed.” A third voice chimed in. “It won’t be much longer though.”
“The only time we will ever get real things done is when he is out of the way.”
“Yeah, assuming she doesn’t ruin everything.” Someone said, and I could only assume I was the ‘she’. “We never should have let Fernando help. All he did was push them closer together.” He said.
“At least the dumbass didn’t squeal on us when they caught him.” Another said.
“We need a new game plan on the girl, klling her won’t work at this point.”
“That’s true.”
They grew quiet, like they were all thinking, and I tried not to breath at all.
I thought back to the things that Fernando had said to me before he was killed, and things were starting to make sense.
I waited for them to start talking again, then I leaned very carefully up to the crack in the door to see if I could see anyone.
There was only one man in my view, but he was tall, black, and had a snake tattoo that wrapped around his neck.
I would just hope that was a good enough description for them to be able to capture him later.
I chose the moment they all began laughing about something to sneak away from the door.
Once I was far enough away, I broke into a sprint to the elevator and I keyed in the code I’d secretly watched Calvin use.
The doors slid open to level 6 and the guards nodded their heads to me. “Miss Rachel, we’ve been expecting you.” The man closest to Calvin’s room said as I stepped off the elevator. “Prince Calvin is in a meeting right now, but you’re welcome to wait for him in his room.”
“No.” I said stomping over to the king’s door.
“You can’t go in there.” The king’s guard said sternly.
I looked up to him with determination. “Do you want me to tell the prince that you were the one who kept me from seeing the king to inform him of dyer information?” I asked and he waivered just long enough for me to swing the door open and rush into the king’s suite.
I was slightly disoriented because I expected it to look like Calvin’s room, but instead it was a large living area with couches, a TV, and a full bar.
In the back of the room there was an open door that looked into a room with a huge bed, and to the left side of a room there was a door that I could hear voices coming from.
“Why would anyone want to rebel against me?” Gordo’s voice boomed. “That’s nonsense.”
I rushed into the room. It was a large study with dark wood paneled walls and a large desk in the center of the room.
King Gordo was sitting behind the desk, Calvin standing at his side, and Master Pedro was sitting in a chair in front of the desk.
“It’s true!” I said as I barged in.
The three of them looked up to me with wide eyes.
“What are you doing in here?” King Gordo demanded.
“What Pedro is telling you, it’s true.” I repeated. “I just overheard some men in the library talking about it. They want you gone.”
“That’s crazy, Rachel.” Calvin said skeptically. “Why would the people be against my father?”
I stood in the doorway suddenly nervous. “I have a theory.”
“And that is?” Gordo prompted, obviously still not believing me.
“They want you dead, because they said you’re a joke.” As soon as the last word was out of my mouth, Gordo was an inch away from my face.
“What did you say you little bitch?” He spat.
Calvin ripped him away, pushing him back toward the desk.
“Don’t you ever speak to her that way again.” He said angrily.
“Just listen to me!” I shouted. “I heard them say that! Whoever these people who are rebelling, they’re doing it because they think you’re a joke.
I heard someone say something like ‘vampires won’t get anything done with the king’.
They don’t think you’re a strong leader so they’re plotting to kll you.” I said urgently. “I think they want to replace you.”
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“Why would you think that? And with who?” Gordo asked with a roll of his eyes.
“The man who was trying to kll me, he told me that I was making Calvin weak, and he said that the others who wanted me dead would never let me end up with Calvin.” I explained.
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“I think they want to kll you so that Calvin will be king.” I said hurriedly before I got interrupted again. “They don’t want me because I make Calvin weak.” I informed them. “It makes sense if you think about it.”
“I think she’s right.” Master Pedro nodded his head. “That makes total sense of the whispers I’ve been hearing.”
Calvin came to me, his face angry. “Tell me who said these things.” He demanded. “I’ll show them how badly they do not want me to be king.”
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