Brave... And Kind

"My Lord" Amelia Clifford called out to me, in her hand was a tray holding a glass of water and a plate with macaroons, "You are back..." I had again nodded off while looking at the ceiling. She kept the tray on the round table a few distances away and brought me the water.

"My lord, do you plan of taking a nap or going back to work?" she asked me as I toke a sip of the water, "a nap..." I cleared my throat which was dry and looked back to the window, "Gautier and Ivan are filling me in" I replied while slowly nodding away, without realizing the glass were slipping out of my hands...

"Careful there!" she grabbed the falling glass and kept it close to her chest, Clifford walked back to that round white table and kept the glass there and then toke the macaroons, "please have a bite or two and go to sleep." she requested of me, without saying much I toke one macaroon and ate it and then continued laying on the bed.

"How is your family?" I asked while using my own arms as pillows, Clifford flinched a little, her green eyes were looking at the floor while biting her lips, "thanks to the kindness of my lord, they are doing well" she bowed in front of me and then waited for my response. Amelia Clifford was the first daughter of Xavier Clifford, a man that was betrayed by his fellow noble friends and fell into debt. In the process, he lost his house and land and got his title stripped off after being framed.

[It seemed like he used all of his lifes luck and all the bad luck struck at once] that man lost everything at once and was dumped in the street along with his family, however Xavier once helped me with something and as someone who wanted to repay him I gave them a home and money, I also gave his daughter, Amelia Clifford a job at my place.

[that was me repaying his help, I tried to prove his innocence but the ones that framed him destroyed all the evidence which made it even harder for me] however, after Oliver announced that he is living normally now, I stopped checking too. [it's not like I have time to look after them too...]

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"Mother?" my hands were holding a cup of glass which had water, slowly it slipped and broke in the ground "MOTHER!" I screamed, An arrow pierced through her chest, there was blood, in both the ground and the arrow.

Before I knew it, I was already running at her "Khalid-" 'cough' blood was coming through her mouth "be brave"

'SWISH' another one came, now on her right shoulder

"and kin-d" she fell down while--s---milling

---"MOM" I was trembling, I grabbed her both shoulder and tried to pick her up "My chil----d" her voice was breaking, she used her right hand and grabbed my hair "do....n't you da-----r---e gi---ve i...n" it was over, her hands that was grabbing my hair fell down, and her head that was looking at me fiercely too fell down.

"Why?" that was my question, I was looking at the sunset with my mother in my hands that was laying on the ground, her blood was all over my face and body. I didn't know what to feel, there were iron arrows in her shoulder and chest, it reeked of hemlock (poison), I looked down on my mother that never showered me with love like other mothers.

[but!]

But I loved her, every single part of her. Even in her last moments she was asking me to be brave and kind, there was never a day when she said 'I love you' or any other words of care,

"WAHHHH" I was sobbing on the floor, tears wear falling, I was hugging my mom tighter than ever "MOMM!" I was screaming soo loudly that my voice were hoarse, I held her tightly, much tighter than ever.

I realized that moment that I never called her 'mom' it was always 'mother', maybe because that's what most nobles call their mothers, but I always wanted to call her that. It seemed more doting and lovable to me.

"Please---" I begged her "please come back" I want her, please come back, don't leave me, these were my thoughts that time.

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'Cough' 'cough' I woke up from my sleep, I had cold sweats all over my body, "A nightmare?" I whispered then shoke my head, "It was a memory..." I sat on the bed and stared at the door, "I wonder why I had that dream of all things"

That event was something engraved in my heart, Maybe it's because of that, I am overprotective of lapiz, I stood up from the bed and walked towards the door, "Now that I think about it..." I stared at the door, "I should probably write to her..."

I completely ignored her after that event in the ball.... It was because Sebastian asked me to, I don't think lapiz cares about me or anything.

After all, I am just some random dude that popped up in her life who is constantly lying and keeping things from her, [i even kept the fact we are engaged a secret] even without me, Lapiz would be fine... That was something I didn't want to believe, I lived all these years hoping for her to wake up, and when she did.... It was nothing I expected.

Everything that happened on the first day we met was coming back to me, [She rejected me, and even now...] Lapiz only told me about her past life because of something Lily told her, but if I want her to rely on me and trust me, I will have to do it myself, "what a jerk I am..." I thought to myself.

I opened the door and walked outside, it was dark, striding through the silent hallway I thought to myself "after all..." I looked outside the window, "I am planning on breaking our engagement..."

TO BE CONTINUED.....

Good morning, Good evening, or Good night dear readers, for legal reasons, I don't know where you live^^

This will be the end of Khalid's point of view! Next it is going to be Yuna's! Or Aries^^

Aries POV will be situated in both her life as Yuna and her life after coming inside this world, i was soo surprised when I saw that this stupid book of mine actually hit 10k!!!

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