[TAMIKO]
There was no telling what was next.
One moment, the battlefield was screeching with the sound of swords clanging against each other, and the next, a patient was down again, on his knees, defeated, while his father watched in the distance.
It was as if the world itself had held its breath, like the king wasn't sure what to make of this moment, and it hurt, not in the way anyone would have expected.
It was the way that their hearts threatened to pop out of their chests, the way that nothing was even making sense at the moment.
It was in the way that life was slowly starting to make more sense than they had ever thought possible, and in the middle of it was a prince who had tried to get up and fight again. A prince who tried to defend the love of his life against.
