As much as she wanted to tease back, huff at his words of her being a perfect little angel she knew they’d just continue to talk through the night if she did. Deciding to hold her tongue she smiled watching him as he laid down next to her pulling the covers over the both of them and it was exciting to be sharing this kind of moment with someone. Even though nothing was happening it was still endearing, it was a nice sweet gesture to be able to sleep with someone comfortably. Smiling as she closed her eyes, she began to settle herself, whispering a goodnight to Cas feeling comfortable as she began to doze off herself. 

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Meanwhile the rebels were quickly falling, numbers dwindling further as the assault of today left Ethan feeling more drained than ever. As much as he had wanted to follow the sighting of Iris he couldn’t, not with the huge mess on his hands. Regis had been killed, their leader had been slaughtered in the Capital and news had spread like wildfire. Allegedly the Prince was dead, but Ethan knew better than that. Iris wouldn’t just go missing for no reason and he believed it was her fault this had happened. She had broken the Prince out and saved him from his fate. 

“Damn her and her good heart.” Growling to himself as he threw a stack of papers off of the desk he had been working on letting them all tumble to the floor. 

“Ethan, they’ve killed unit 3.”

“I KNOW DAMMIT.”

“I… sorry. I know this is hard. None of us expected him to be killed.”

Hanging his head Ethan placed his head in his hands shaking his head, “Unit 3 were going to be sent to Bel Bicis to attempt to restore it. We all know those filthy dogs in the Capital won’t. I still want every man on the hunt for Iris and whoever she is travelling with.” 

“Sir… you don’t think she was killed with her father?”

“No. She is still alive and so is the Prince, I don’t care what everyone is saying. They are BOTH still alive and, in these districts, somewhere. I want them found. I want them found yesterday you hear me?” Ethan sighed heavily already knowing that some of them believed they were all dead whereas others believed they were alive. No one could confirm any of this information as no one had been spotted. Not yet at least, but he was going to do it. Ethan was going to finish off what the rebels needed to do, Regis would now be their beacon of hope, his death used to sway more people to join him and his cause. 
“I want you searching all the roads, Unit 1 are still on the front lines I can’t pull them back and they are the best men we have. If we lessen the men on the front lines it gives them perfect opportunity to try and squash us. You saw those bombs. They are not playing, not now they think their Prince is dead and we won’t give them reason to believe otherwise.”

“Sir… what about Iris?”

Ethan sighed heavily at the name, the woman he had loved. Well, he still wasn’t sure on that but then their fathers had pushed them together at the time. His father will wanted her to be there in his life, “I don’t want her harmed, she still has a part to play in all of this and she will do it.”