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Submitted by an anonymous Daily Prompt user.

"She's not who she says she is."

Write a story that involves this line of speech.

Kill Me Now

“She is not who she says she is,” Andrew grunts as I nudge my harder slightly closer the the neck of the prince. This time he would die. But by my hand not Andrew’s. I had killed plenty of people in my life and I would gladly kill all in this room.


“And who is it I am?” I asked.


“Prince, she is a murderer!” Andrew cried.


“Old news.” Jake answered.


“Shut it,” I said, pulling his hair a little farther back. I had everyone just where I wanted. The prince was trapped and so was Andrew. I could get anything from either of the two. I just wasn’t planning for it to turn out like this.


That’s when something behind me shuffled and I flipped my head back as Andrew lunged for me. He has recovered better then I did. He did have the best docters of the land.


Andrew attempted to pull the prince from my grasp but my grip strength was always better then his. He prince tumbled down with us. We flailed about on the hard wooden floor, having every joint into the other. It must have looked like a circus had begun from the guards looking over us.


“What is this ruckus’s. Cleo?” Commander Marchesto exclaimed as he ran into the room.


“Commander!” I shouted. I pulled myself up with the prince and kicking Andrew to the side.


“You are.. here?” He asked.


“Sir, it’s a long-“ I began.


“She is out for my head. Commander, execute her,” Andrew shouted. Commander Marchesto walked into the room, grabbed me by my collars and dragged me out of the room. Jack entirely followed but only Baganda to speak when we left he room.


“Fight back!”he shouted.


“I can’t,” I answered.


“Yes you can,” he said. “I have seen you fight, seen you die, seen you wake up again, now I have seen you give up! Why!” He shouted.


“He is superior to me and I failed my duty. I didn’t escort you sadly out of the kingdom. I didn’t kill Andrew as I was so close to doing. I failed. Maybe if I hadn’t grabbed you or if I had given up four years ago when I first met him. I messed up and know I must pay with my life.” I said. Nut head slumped and my eyes closed.


“Please, sir.” Jake tried and failed to free me of my future.


“No, she is to die. Her pact as an assassin says to hide all her self. She did not. Seeing as you know,” Commander said.


“Assassin?” The prince muttered. “I command you let her go,” he said.


“Fine, but she is yours to bury when she is dead,” then Commander walked away.


“Your gonna be fine,” Jack said reassuringly. I fell into his arms and he dragged me away. I can’t say I remember what he said whilst he brought me upon a house but I know for white we rode. We rode for a long while. Finally when we stopped I opened my lips to speak.


“Kill me now, or let me die alone,”

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