The man frowned and stared at the little miss, or not such a little miss, for a moment, “Did you see someone or not?”
So pushy, she thought, pouting her lips.
In an instant, her wrist was held tighter, and she frowned, hearing, “All you need to do is answer the question!”
Now that she looked at all of the men, they really did look like they were searching for that man. The one that tied her up!
“Pay me and I’ll tell you!” She stated frankly, after all, she was a thief...She can’t give without getting something in return! And that’s if she gave anything at all!
Of course…She did not include the small item that she had already taken, that was…That was payment for startling her…
“You already took something of mine, so now you will tell us!” Said the handsome man.
Pursing her lips, then smiling at the handsome man, she then looked away, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Jumping, to a hand going into her clothes, she gave out a small shriek, “Hey!”
The handsome man put in front of her face then what she had taken before and she looked at him with a smile, “I found it on the ground…”
Coming to a stop, with both her words and actions, for a quick moment she showed a surprised look upon now seeing what she had stolen just before from this man…Royalty!
Unable to stop herself from getting a fshback that made her stiffen up, she cringed.
No! She wasn’t hopeless anymore!
He can have his token back!
Get it away from me!
If only she hadn’t seen it, because now she was angry!
If only she had been a real thief from the beginning! If only…
Sighing, she tried to forget her thoughts for now, but she had to try to get away from…Here…As soon as possible!
She didn’t want to spend another minute in the presence of royalty! At least not until they have lost all of their money!
With remembering that long term goal and thought, the woman was no longer stiff and edgy anymore…
“Thief…” Was all he said, putting the item away, back inside his own clothes.
Not only did she want to get away fast, but it seemed that she might not be able to push these men any further anyway. It might be time to cut my losses, she thought, as she figured she probably won’t get anything from them. Not unless…What if they knew that she saved the person that they were looking for?
For some extra tender, it was worth a try! “Yes, I saw someone, he was locked in this pce and I saved him!”
“Locked in?” Two of them asked her, coming a step closer.
The woman narrowed her eyes and now finally wondered why that person was locked in. “Yeah…Locked in. There was scrap metal over the windows…Isn’t that weird?”
“Where did he go after?” The younger, other man said.
She looked at him and raised an eyebrow, “Well, he chased me around and then tied his savior up! Why are you looking for such a nasty person?”
She was curious but if…If they could get distracted somehow…She could get out of here!
It was either pay her and she’ll tell or if they get distracted and then she’ll run…All are options…
The one to her side chuckled, “He is much smarter than I gave him credit for.”
Frowning at the handsome man, the woman then looked at the other two, “If you pay me, I’ll tell you which way he went.”
“Just pay the girl!” The middle-aged man stated, “We need to find Cid!”
“It’s alright, I know a few of the thieves, I’ll just talk to them and get this little girl kicked out!” One of the men said.
Next came two people speaking, making two of them look from one to the other.
“I’m not a girl! And you can’t tell me what I can and can’t do!” The woman yelled out, pouting and crossing only one hand over her chest, as her other arm was still being held by a certain handsome man…
The other voice that spoke was the middle-aged man, “What are you talking about? How would you know other thieves?”
Frowning, the woman looked from one to the other and then at the man’s hand holding hers. With a swift motion, she broke out of the weak spot of his hold and started running.
To what she thought might have gotten her some time, as the men seemed into their own conversation, she was wrong. Straight away the handsome man was on her tail and quickly catching up to her, with the other two coming towards her too.
Well, that didn’t go as pnned, she thought.
Stopping suddenly, she put her hands up and smiled, “I saw a bee…It’s gone now. I’m scared…Of bees…”
Not one of the men believed her words, especially since she didn’t look scared at that moment. It was completely obvious that she was just trying to get away and only stopped because she knew that she would have been caught!
One of the younger men shook their heads and sighed too dramatically, “I never liked thieves!”
“Yes, when we get home you need to expin yourself to me boy!”
“Just wait until he tells you what he really does!” Stated the ‘handsome’ man.
Was this another ploy? Or…Where they making fun of her?
The woman frowned again but didn’t run, thinking that perhaps they were doing this to her on purpose!
“What does that mean, Your…”
Elton cut off the father of his friend and bluntly stated, “He’s into the bck market.”
“What a friend you’ve turned out to be!” David shouted out. “This is why I wanna go out to the sea, even my friend stabs me in the back here!”
“Then you shouldn’t have said anything to begin with! Isn’t your fw that has led us to here?” Elton stated frankly, flicking David on the forehead. That short sentence made David think for a moment and look away in defeat…Rubbing his forehead in the process…
He was right, he shouldn’t have said anything about knowing thieves! He also should have known that if he had brought up this point in front of his father, that His Highness would bring his hidden ‘job’ to light happily…That is what the prince wanted…He wanted David to spend more time as someone in the bck market, instead of what he was doing with his father!
Idiot! And look at that happy smirk on the that stupid Prince’s face. I just want to punch it! David gred at the prince with these thoughts!
The woman was quite stunned to see royalty act in such a way.
Perhaps…Perhaps the Prince here was…Childish? Immature?
Flicking someone and on purposely telling out their friend’s secrets…
She didn’t like this Prince at all!
Seeing that things may turn out that his title of Prince may be told to this stranger, Elton turned to the woman and narrowed his eyes at her, “Which way did he go?”
The woman squirmed a bit under that gaze of his but ended up with hooded eyes and biting her lip.
“He’s not someone you can seduce, you’ll be wasting your time with this cold ice cube!” David stated impatiently but also in an attempt of getting his own back upon the prince who just gave his secret job away to his father!
Doing this though, probably wouldn’t do anything, the stupid Prince was never interested in a girl!
But…When he does finally find a woman, I’ll be there! I’ll tell her all his secrets! David suddenly got his enthusiasm back again and decided to focus upon getting to Cid, now that he had a pn for payback with his friend!
Now biting the inside of her mouth, the woman sighed and got series, “He went that way.”
It seemed obvious that these boys didn’t want to give her money, it was also getting out of her control fast so…The only thing she could do was tell them what they want, in hope that she will obtain her freedom afterwards.
“Was that so hard?” The handsome man asked yet showing her through his noble face how he thought her as incompetent.
The woman looked at him, showing a gaze that made him stop for a moment and blink.
What was that?
The woman clearly was dirty, in need of new clothes and a bath. She was a thief, one that probably has rarely talked to people, unless it was to get out of trouble, yet…
The gaze that had him looking back in shock was one from what a noble young dy would look like if she was dissatisfied! It was not an obvious look, more pompous, a lift of the chin in near defiance and eyes that was the only part that would show of their unhappiness…
He’d seen it enough on his travels…He’d seen it enough here, back home…
“Saves me the trouble.” After her little mumble, she pulled her arm free from his, making a disgusted face.
Elton frowned at the woman who had turned and started to walk away, remembering what they had said before.
So…She clearly was not wanting to do what many other young dies did and openly want to marry him…In fact, it seems the idea of it never entered her head!
Who was out of who’s league here!?
It was most certainly not him out of her league! No…It was her out of his league! She…She wasn’t even that pretty!
Shaking his head, Elton asked himself why he cared, while he went to catch up to the other two.
It wasn’t like the girl had anything to offer him…Besides that of a…
Right!
She was a thief!
She could in fact become useful! As he still needed the master of the thieves on his side!
Smirking, Elton started to come up with ideas upon not only that woman but that of David helping him too!
He felt like he was one step closer in getting the thieves to work for him!
In fact…
