let me be your ruler;

Gabe was indeed very lucky that everything had gone so smoothly, he hadn't thought about the consequences for a failed plan. He wasn't scared of his boyfriend under usual circumstances but Princess William was a completely different story. He landed in the dorm as gracefully as he could considering he had the struggling Queen on his back. The angel was extremely pleased with himself as nothing had gone wrong so far.

Now the only problem he was left to face was explaining to the Princess why he had captured Ania without any prior permission from her, and that could be a major issue indeed. Gabriel hoped that she would be too thrilled with the fact that they know had the traitor in their possession to be bothered with the finer details of it. "Your highness, I have a gift for you," . Gabe bowed his head towards his boyfriend. He could see that Bill was not asleep, and he was extremely thankful for that. The only thing worse than presenting the Princess with a failed plan would be to wake her from her beauty sleep.

Gabriel couldn't help but think about how fucking hot Bill looked right now, but he had to remind himself that now was not the time for such thoughts. Still, he secretly hoped that the Princess would give him a reward of his own later on, once they'd figured out what they were going to do now that they actually had the queen. The older man was pretty sure he could remember the Princess making comments about wanting to kill her but surely he was not far enough into this delusion that he would actually want to follow through with that?

By the time they had made it to their destination, Ania felt grubby from the tears that had escaped and dried on her face. About half-way there, she had forced herself to suck it up, hide any emotion. As a queen, it was her duty to remain strong. For her people, for her kingdom, and for her king. At the thought of her king, an unhappy little noise escaped from her throat. Lost into the wind, she had never wanted to see him more in her life than at this moment.
A window was rushing up before them, and they arrived more or less intact in a strange dorm. She couldn't see over the stupid man's back, but she reasoned that it was a good bet that this was the Traitor William's dorm. His next words confirmed her theory, and she hissed around her gag.

The thought to transform into a fish flashed across her mind, but her two options were to die from a lack of air, and let the princess win, or spend the rest of her miserable life staring at the princess from a tank, also allowing him to win. She looked as dignified as she could, tossing her hair away from her face and pressing one cheek onto Gabe's back. It wasn't much, but the solid warmth of another human calmed her anxiety. She was uncomfortable, and her struggling only made her even more exhausted than she was. Gabe was quite lucky that she had been gagged and restrained early on; the thing in her mouth would most likely have impressive dents from her teeth already.

Oh thank fuck. Gabe thought, when he saw that grin appear on Bill's face. Sure, it was a rather creepy but honestly it was far better than the alternative. He nodded obediently when he was given the order, although he couldn't help but wonder what Bill planned to do with Ania after that. He was glad for the multitude of supplies the goblins had given him, and he reached into the sack for a rope. Once he'd gotten it he dragged the girl over to the chair, wrapping the rope around her chest and the back of the chair before securing it tightly.

It took a lot to surprise the angel but Gabe nearly jumped out of his skin when the boy let out that giggle. His eyes widened as Princess William petted him, it felt odd and while William's intentions might have been to show affection the older man was becoming increasingly uneasy. He was beginning to realise just how seriously the boy was taking all of this. He wouldn't go so far as to badly injure her would he?

Ania took a deep, shuddering breath as William began to order his boyfriend around. She knew now that she was well in a pile of shit, and all very suddenly, she wondered if she would not come out of this alive. Well, her shoulders dropped, and for a second, she felt almost ... Peaceful. She had at least talked to Hadrian a bit before she died. She couldn't think of anyone else she needed to speak with. It wasn't that she wanted to die here, but it didn't appear that the chances of getting out would be very good right now. Her heart was beating so loudly, she could almost swear that William could hear it from where he was.

Secured into the chair, Ania filled her lungs with air, holding it until Gabe had finished tying her in place. Exhaling softly, she was happy to find that the rope was at least a little less constricting. She focused on her captors. Those television shows she had watched all said that one needed to make their kidnappers think of them as human, but somehow, Ania didn't think that was going to be very applicable in this instance. Besides that, it wasn't like she could talk her way out of it.
Opting to remain silent, Ania refocused on Gabriel, her eyebrows twitching down. She didn't think he was sadistic, but maybe she was wrong.

'Hit her.' Gabriel's eyes widened at the order, he hadn't really thought about how Bill would react when he brought Ania to him and now that they were here he was beginning to realise he should have thought this through in more depth. He'd hoped that bringing the girl to Bill would end this whole 'game' that was going on for the last while but it was only now that he realised that there wasn't a single part of Bill that considered it a game anymore. At least not a part that the angel could reach .

The man knew that there were only two ways he could go about this, one was to try bring back any remnants of his actual boyfriend's minds rather than this princess persona the boy had created, or to comply with the princess' orders. 'Fucking get on with it, do you expect me to do it myself, or something?' Gabe was beginning to think it might just be easier to obey but that would also make him an awful person. He hadn't expected this to go so far, and he'd never imagined that there'd ever be any serious violence. Sure, hitting her wouldn't be that serious, at least not in comparison to some of the things that they could do, but what if it didn't stop at that?

It'd take a lot of courage, and maybe sheer stupidity, to stand up to the princess. When William was like this it was better to do as you were asked than to question him, and the weaker side of the angel was tempted to take the easy way out. But the better side of him wouldn't allow him to do that, or depending how you look at it perhaps that was the weaker side, and so he shook his head. "C'mon William, there's no need to go that far. You've already won. " He glanced back at Ania, willinging her not to dispute that. "We've got her in our possession isn't that enough?" He was trying to appeal to William , not the princess persona, just William but he was taking a huge risk by doing that.

Ania blinked in surprise at the command to strike her. She supposed she should have expected something like this, and her gaze flicked from William to Gabriel. Appraising him, Ania didn't think he really looked like the type that would be able to hit someone nonthreatening. Gabe even looked surprised at the command, and her head tilted to the side as she studied him. He was supposed to be an angel, wasn't he? Granted, she didn't know a whole lot about the species, but she could have sworn that they were made to protect rather than harm.

Ania ducked her head a little as Gabe began to speak, playing the complacent victim. She wasn't going to provoke William right now anyway, not while she was still in a position of vulnerability. Pretending that she was defeated was most certainly in her best interest right now.
Movement made her turn her head, and she watched as William crouched beside her. Her chin jerked upwards, defiant of his words. No matter what Gabe said, in her heart, she knew that he wasn't over. William knew he hadn't won yet. Deciding that no matter what path she chose, she would most likely end up seriously damaged, Ania wrinkled up her nose in mirth and disdain, her expression laughing at him. If her mouth was unbound, she would have tossed a snide comment out, but her face would have to do for now.