Broken Crowns // Zanvis

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Travis huffed as he carried the body over his shoulder, obviously his father hadn't properly thought out the plan.

He could hear the bell coming from the castle, alerting all the soldiers and villagers that a member of the royal family had been kidnapped. Earlier when Travis had smacked the Ro'maeve unconscious a guard had witnessed the incident and screamed for others.

Travis cursed to himself as he quickly grabbed the body and slung it over his shoulder, running to the windowsill and jumping onto the floor below. It was from the second floor but that didn't matter very much because being the son of a Demon Warlock had granted him with many physical advantages.

He quickly ran into the thick forests that separated the two enemy kingdoms.

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This is a dream, Zane thought. He found himself in the middle of nowhere. To be more exact he was in the middle of snow actually, the cold, white substance glowing from the sun radiating off of it made Zane squint his eyes. He looked around and noticed another life form, standing in front of him. The being was in the shape of a human but it's features pitch black. "Your fault." It spoke in a static voice, raising its hand to point at the Ro'maeve. "Your fault."

Then Zane woke up. The male quickly opened his eyes, breathing heavily. It felt like he hadn't breathed in ages.
He sat up and saw that he was in a small white bed.

"Ah, you're awake." A voice rang through the room, causing Zane to look to his side, for that was where the voice was coming from. There was a small round table along with two chairs, in one of the chairs a male sat.

"Where am I?" Zane asked, his tone dripping with concern, but not concern for himself.
The male chuckled finding Zane's tone amusing, "Relax Princess, we're not gonna hurt you. Not much."

"Tell me where I am." The Ro'maeve growled, grinding his teeth.

"Easy there kitty. The name's Valkrum. Travis Valkrum." The male spoke again, his voice falling deeper when he stated his last name.

Zanes eyes widened, catching onto the last name. Valkrum, the Valkrum kingdom. That's when it hit him, "it's not gonna work."

Travis raised his eyebrow, a small smile curling on his mouth, "what's not gonna work Princess?"

"That damn kingdom couldn't care less about me." Zane spat, "You should've gotten the oldest, my brother. They give more shit about him then me. Hell, half of the palace probably doesn't even know I exist."

"Unfortunately your father, is a bastard, yes that's true. But we announced your kidnapping to your entire kingdom, apparently some of the citizens do care. A sly smile appeared on Travis' face, "They're starting to question his authority and the last thing you need is your own people questioning you. But, for now you'll stay with me."

Zane frowned, although you couldn't see it from his mask but his eyebrows, which were arched, could identify he was confused. "Well, okay. Um, I'm Zane."

Travis cocked an eyebrow up, surprised at how calm the boy was, "Nice to meet you Zane." He purred out, sounding it out so that he would never forget it.