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Tal's POV

Michael made me wait all night to say good bye, wasted my last chance to convince him not to go on that stupid mission. It was just a waste, he didn't tell me he wasn't coming, he left me there to sleep in a dirty old stable! How dare he! He can't do that, why'd he do that?! I'm so mad at him, when he gets back I swear I'm gonna kill him...
but I hope he's okay and nothing bad happens to him. If anything is gonna kill him, I'd rather do it myself

But seriously

This is so embarrassing, my little brother had to wake me up in O'Neil's house *cringe* I slept next to the horse's... ewww

-Weeks later -

As soon as I woke up my assistant told me that, the general leading the mission Michael was on wanted to meet with me immediately.

I'm gonna die if something happened to Michael but I also trust that he's a good solider and he returned in one piece. I can't wait to see him

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"There were some complications with the mission and unfortunately we lost a few soldiers" the General states sadly

"Do you know their names? Please tell me who they were" I ask desperately

"Well... jerry, David passed away due to severe wounds and Sargent Rosillo went missing-Missing?!" I suddenly interrupt, my voice and mind full of worry

"Yes, after the mission he was no where to be seen we even searched for him, which led to Harold's injuries"

"Your instructions were to leave no man behind, under any circumstances!" I yell

"My prince we tried to find him but he disappeared he could be anywhere" Jason says

"Which means he could have been captured. Jason! I'm scheduling another mission, we're not coming back until we find him"

"I'm sorry. We can't do that now, they'll be suspecting it and that's puts everyone in danger" he "apologizes"

"We have to do something!" I raise my voice at him and the door opens, my father walking into the office

"What's going on in here, I can hear your blabbering from outside" he asks

"My king please allow me to explain" Jason said bowing his head

"Go ahead"

"I was informing prince Tal of what happened on the mission he sent me and a group of soldiers to"

"Hmm... what happened did you complete it?" My father asks

"We did but, we were discovered and just as we made our way back to the castle the enemy ambushed us"

"Oof that's not good did we lose any soldiers?"

"Unfortunately we did, two had sever injuries and didn't make it"

"I'm sure they were great soldiers and we will host a ceremony in their honor"

"Thank you my king, but besides them a soldier went missing"

"State his name"

"Michael Rossilo, He had been training for at least three years, served as a guard with lots of military experience" I bud in "great on missions, this was his third major operation out of the thirty battles he has fought for us" I finish, both of them had stunned expressions

"And he went missing?..." my father asks

"Well that's what I don't understand, he must still be somewhere, how could someone with so much knowledge get lost or go missing" I explain

"What do you say Jason can we schedule a rescue mission" my father asks the general

"I'm afraid we can't get close enough to search the area where he was seen last" he says shaking his head no

"There has to be a way! Can't we go around or something?!" I argue

"The area is surrounded we'll never get across" Jason says

"Hmm... seems risky -too dangerous, especially for the prince to come along" Jason and my father agree

"Yeah, were definitely not having that" my dad says making his choice, not on my watch

"But father this is worth it, he's one of our best soldiers!" I insist

"it's not worth the prince's life" Jason states

"But-besides If he's actually as experienced and "talented" as you say he should know the way back" my dad spat harshly

"What if he's injured- Tal enough is enough nobody is going on a suicide mission for this boy just because you said so. There's millions just like him, you can't have a favorite, they're all the same!" My father scolds "why do you worry so much about him, did you even know him? You seem too interested in him"

"He was a good friend- sounds like more than that" my dad remarks leaving me speechless and getting a confused look from Jason

"It's just that I ordered for no man to gets left behind and I'm a man of my word so, if you won't help me it's fine... but I'm going to find him" I said out of impulse

"Tal Fishman listen to me, you aren't going anywhere, my word is worth more than yours and I said you're not getting what you want this time" wtf?! He just called me a brat!

"..." awkward silences sounded in the room

"Fine!" I say before I storm out of the room letting the door slam behind me, putting unwanted attention to me.

All the nosey eyes just staring at me, I'm tried of it. I'm so done with being "pretty little prince Tal" only Adi is allowed to act like a fool

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Michael is lost, i can't do anything, I'm locked up in this cage known to people as a castle

I wanna be treated like one of them, a people- person, ordinary. Not the newest face of the country or everyone's flawless future king. I don't wanna disappoint everyone if- when they see the real heir to the throne...
the real me... the gay me

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My face goes red from embarrassment, I run to my room, my sight becoming blurry with tears it's not fair

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~authors CasualAffair13 and me