Alice in a Twisted Wonderland (BL 18+ Completed)

Chapter Eighteen: Alice in Spade's World

"Oh, you do? Then Ace doesn't need to tell you the truth, my dear... you know who I am, right? The... rightful ruler of Wonderland?"

"No," Alice held his ground, "I chose Ace. I remember it clearly."

"Hmm, yes you did... everyone remembered you chose him..." Spade chuckles, mocking the Queen with a smile. "But you didn't remember who won the Great Battle."

"What..." oh no... am I... was I found out?

"Hm," Spade's smile only grew. "That eventful day, I won, my Queen. I defeated Ace during the Great Battle for your hand in marriage. He didn't tell you?"

"What..."

"You didn't remember?"

"Wait..." Erin backs away. Of course I wouldn't, I...

"Or..." Spade's snake tattoos bare their fangs. "You're not her?"

Erin gasped, and it made the man laugh. He knows?

"Oh, innocent little boy..." Spade makes him scream when he grabs his hand and pulls him closer to his grey eyes, the snakes on his arm coming to life to wrap around his delicate arms. "Those borrowed blue eyes. It seemed like they didn't tell you the whole truth..."

"Th-that you won?" Erin whimpered, tears pooling in his eyes. "A-are you gonna kill me?" I can usually escape as long as they didn't capture me... but fùck, I was captured!

"No... I'm not here for you, don't worry. I came to take back what was my own," Spade's eyes softened, and though he can't see, they seem to land on Erin's eyes with gentleness. With the other hand, he reaches up to caress Alice's tense face. "And besides, I could never kill my Queen."

"What... you just said I'm not Alice..."

Spade's lips tugged for a smile, looking adoringly at Erin's face. "He needs to tell you the truth. But... I guess Ace is too much of a masochist to stop all of this pain and suffering. Every time you come back... I guess the pain of losing is worth it just to be with you."

Spade is looking at Erin like he missed a dear friend, a precious gem that cannot be tainted. When Erin pushed him away, his foot took steps back.

"Why don't you tell me the truth?" Erin squirms under his gaze. "Let me go, or just kill me already!"

"I could never kill Alice," Spade sadly says, "Be my Queen, and I'll turn the skies blue for you. I'll tell you the truth and set you free."

"What are you talking about! I'm not—!"

"The reason the skies are red in the first place is because Alice chose the wrong person... I won, I was became the champion, but you chose Ace to be the King of Hearts. You gave Wonderland the wrong ruler and that is why the skies are red. You need to marry me—"

"I'D RATHER DIE!" Erin yells out, "Ace is the rightful King of Hearts because I gave him my heart!"

Erin gasped at what he said, and his hands flew to his mouth. It wasn't the pretend-Alice who said that, it came straight from his heart. The heart that yearned for the King of Hearts...

"You..." Spade's blind eyes hid the fact that he was extremely angry. He backs away from Alice to prevent hurting him. "After all... we've been through... you chose him? You'd rather die than... than save Wonderland... I guess you aren't the one to save it."

Ace, help! Don't let me die!

"If you die now, Alice, you'll just come back anyway. So why don't you..." Thousands of snakes come to life in Spade's arm, and with a roar he throws all of them to Alice.