LOVE ME LESS ۞ taegyu

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the troops were forming. everything's starting to come together, after a few months of planning and evading capture all at the same time.

i won't be surprised if beomgyu wasn't anxious about this, though. it was something he's wanted for a long, long time, ever since he's confided in kai about this plan of his.

he wrings his hands together as he sat inside his tent, chewing on his lips as he thought of what could happen. the plan can't fail. that's all that mattered to him, and much more. he thought of the lives that he'd risk, the people that would be outraged at this war, and the ones who'd be affected, even if they were innocent.

the prince was experiencing yet another anxious episode, but he pushed it aside as he stood up from his seat and walk out of his tent and was greeted by the mass gathering of his people that he appointed to fight alongside him and his cause.

it was shocking, really. nothing sort of surprising to the prince.

this is my first war that i'm in. and i'm risking everything here..including myself.

he sighed and saw soobin approach him, in full armor, a hand on the sword's hilt. beomgyu looked at soobin and nodded, and the knight nodded back at him, walking to where he was supposed to be stationed at.

he saw taehyun in his gear as well, his left eye in it's natural appearance— a black sclera and a five pointed star as it's pupil. he was preparing his weapons, enchanting his longbow and crossbow before placing them near him. on another side, he saw chaewon closing her eyes and concentrating, as if she was trying to summon something.

they were obviously outnumbered by the troops placed by his father. but was it enough? maybe. they have powerful allies, and they have several moon angels allied with them as well.

beomgyu walks to the front and faced the crowd of allies and fighters, an air of authority seeping from him. he kept a calm composure, even if his heart was beating a little too quickly. the knights went into their proper posture, and everyone faced him.

“my fellow fighters, the day has come that we shall fight for ourselves, no matter what purpose that we have here. some of us are here to rebel, to get revenge, or to fight simply because of a past worth forgetting.”

he let the weight of his words fall into their minds, and conitnued.

“just know that whatever outcome of this war might be, is that we did our best to fight for what's right. don't ever think that we'll lose or win— just be sure that we will change something, for better or for worse."

he smirks and draws his rapier, lifting it to the air, letting it glint brightly as the sun hit it.

“for efaeryn!”

“for efaeryn!” the echoed, and out of the corner of his eye, he spots his mother smile at him happily and proudly.

he led the troops to the battlegrounds, and he was met with a knight and behind him were thousands of men, armed to fight. the king walked to the front and sneered at the teen in front of him.

“hey, old man. you'd never thought that you'd meet your kid in the battlefield, huh?”

seung-il spat on the ground and scoffs. “you're nothing, even with all those filthy tricksters at your side. we have everything, and you know that. aren't you a coward here, leading an army but you can't even fight back from your own father.”

beomgyu chuckles and shakes his head disapprovingly, playing with his rapier.

“oh, you're wrong there. let's settle this the right way, huh? what do you wanna say?” he tilts his head as he spoke in his dialect, “you're lucky that you're fighting your kid and not the fucking queen. it's sad that you had to kill her girlfriend to make her snap. she's endured it long enough, and i've endured it long enough.”

he stops and composes himself, before stomping his foot and the people charged, and the men behind the king shielded themselves from the incoming attacks.

it was messy. spells were thrown here and there, swords and spears used to kill and injure.

taehyun was doing his best to restrain any of his powers trying to overcome him, and settled by switching from his magic to his crossbow, arrows laced with poison. i mean, his crossbow isn't named belladonna for no reason, after all. it was his best enchantment he's ever done, and he was proud that he could keep count of the bodies that he got to fall on the ground.

beomgyu was doing well, having muscle memory from his vigorous training of fencing and having sparred with numerous people. his record wasn't clean. after all, he is a prince who's done many, many bad things. and in the middle of those bad things were some things that actually made him reap the benefits.

kai was fully healed, and he is battling alongside them, hacking through the bodies of men whose names he never knew, and tears sprung in his eyes whenever he meets the eyes of someone he knew. but it was his job to protect beomgyu, and he did his job valiantly.

soobin was keeping a close eye on kai even as he was already stabbing someone in the heart, not wanting to let this angel get hurt, as he promised to himself all those years ago. he never falters as he attacks, although in his heart, he prays for the forgiveness of their souls.

sorin was doing his best to fight off these enemies, as he was an  inexperienced fighter. he could still kill and harm the soldiers that he was fighting with, and it made him immensely happy.

yeonjun was by his side, also switching from his magic and his sword, and he was almost dancing while attacking the soldiers in front of him and laughing as they got killed. typical prince yeonjun. but can you blame him? he feels thrilled to be here.

everyone was killing each other left amd right, but it wasn't ending yet. not yet, anyways.

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sorry if i haven't updated in a little while. i just feel like i can't write for this book anymore, but i'm not giving up on it yet. i already have an ending planned— its just rlly hard to write them down.

everything's draining me these days,,,,

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