The Good King

'Black Haired Prince'

A moment of silence fell upon the two after hearing the guard announcing that they caught Lydia's first prince.

Evan kept her hand close to her daggers, waiting for Hawk to attack since he was about to go into rage.

His fierce eyes glared deathly at her, the few seconds of him standing there, rethinking the whole situation did feel like hours for Evan who was still on guard.

Hawk finally moved, his speed did surpass her expectations. Yet he had no intention of wasting another second away from Elmer.

Hawk ran back towards the gate.

"Well, my job is done here"

Evan said while walking away from the scene.

Once the knight let down his arm, a shower of arrows aiming for the prince was sent flying.

Elmer twisted and turned, not touched by a single arrow which gave the chance to the guards who ran towards him with their swords. 

One guard fell, then another, Elmer's blade carving a path through the ones who aimed for him.

The flying arrows suddenly were held back.

The knight looked up to see no one of his archers standing. Hawk managed to claim the walls and got a hold of them.

Now there was an archer covering for the prince.

"Open the gate"

Elmer shouted, he did not want to waste anytime in there.

And even thought Hawk wanted to keep an eye on the prince, he also thought that taking a run for it would be their best chance of surviving that attack.

The guards kept coming at Elmer who suddenly had no mercy towards them, his face, hands and clothes stained in the crimson color of blood.

He could not tell how many of them he did badly injure, but the looks on their faces showed just how much he did shake their confidence and planted fear within their souls.

The knight watched from afar, it felt like he was studying Elmer's moves.

"Shield him"

The knight ordered.

All of the guards put their shields on while walking slowly towards the prince.

They did not aim to fight no more, since he was way more stubborn than what they expected.

Elmer tried to read the situation he was in, Hawk did manage to open the gate yet now that Elmer was surrounded, he had no other choice than standing close and waiting for any signal to interfere.

In the midst of their intense way of approaching him slowly.

Elmer looked around before looking down for the first time. A quiet moment of him reflecting on every little thing he missed while he should have been more careful.

The first prince suddenly bursted into laughter. He startled them all, the guards stopped and watched him while he seemed like he finally lost it.

He finally controlled himself, thinking that Louis would have seen that coming from miles away, the second prince would make fun of him if he ever heard of what happened.

In the exact same second, he locked eyes with Hawk. a guard fell down, the ones behind and next to him fell as well, the arrows he shot were very precise.

Every guard in front of Elmer was on the ground, and without waiting any longer, the prince made his escape through the gap Hawk just created.

Running towards the open unguarded gate, Hawk was still covering for him , once Elmer made it, Hawk jumped down and helped him close the gate, locking out all of the guards.