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It'd be cool to have a couple of new characters, if not, I can see this becoming some 'Heroic Trio'-type story lol.
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Eliezer attempted to keep his composure during the emergency meeting with his family, though, Mathazar immediately noticed his brother's agitation, as well as Hildebrand's concern. There still was not much that Eliezer could hide from him, and the younger twin was positive that the both of them knew much more than he was comfortable with. When it was over, he then passed Robynne along the hallway, and whispered to her as he did so.

"Watch the knight."

After Hildebrand had escorted Eliezer back to his quarters, he began searching the chamber carefully while providing the prince with an explanation. "The exchange I had with Miss Read the day before took place within the palace walls, which meant that this 'Shadow' had somehow managed to enter without being seen. I am simply doing my best to ensure that there is nobody else is in this room before I leave you be to rest, as I believe you would prefer. It has been an intense morning, after all."

"Not this time, Sir Hildebrand. Do remain here for awhile longer," came the response.

The knight turned to the Eliezer in surprise. "Do you truly no longer feel safe, Your Highness?"

"It is not that, Sir Hildebrand," said the prince, taking a seat and gesturing to another. "I believe I require... a listener."

Hildebrand hesitated at first, unsure if he was suited for the task, but decided that he had no right to refuse if Eliezer had chosen him to be a confidant. "If there is anything I can do to aid you, Your Highness, you can be certain that I shall."

Eliezer nodded. "Seeing as how you were on the topic of Miss Read, perhaps you would like to share more about what happened between the two of you that caused as much suspicion as it did."

"She does speak to many of the young male staff in such a manner, not in the presence of the royal family, of course, but we have never minded it. However, the part about her being in love with your brother has been unheard of until now. If this is true, then she would have a motive to work for him as the Red Robin."

"This 'love' is quite a troublesome emotion, is it not?" Eliezer shook his head with a sigh. "It causes one to think irrationally. How else could Lady Omrea, or rather, Princess Raven of Lunar despise me for putting Dainia before 'us'?"

"I... I'm sorry about her, Your Highness."

Eliezer was visibly getting increasingly worked up as he continued to speak. "It is clear that Allister is not pleased with it either. All I wish is to do right by my people, but I have not been at peace ever since this all began. My brother was the one who hired her because he wants me dead. She was the one who fell in love with me, and now it is my decisions that have left her heartbroken because I am only now aware of the circumstances? How am I to blame for any of this?"

Hildebrand stared at the prince in shock as the latter went on his angry rant. It was one thing to be around an individual who had a tendency to display their anger, but the knight had never seen the usually mild-mannered crown prince in such a state before. It was apparent that the pressure was getting to Eliezer, and the last thing Hildebrand wanted was for him to completely snap.

"You are not, Your Highness," Hildebrand assured him. "I believe that all your life, you have never been made to feel that you have failed anyone. The truth is, no matter how much you try to please everyone, how much of a 'doll' you try to be, someone is bound to be unsatisfied with your efforts at some point, and this is beyond your control. You cannot make Princess Raven and Mister Cornell agree with the choices you have made, just as the princess could not stop you from making such choices."

"I did not have a choice, Sir Hildebrand..."

"You had a choice, and you made it, Your Highness. It was either her or the kingdom, but it was your decision, and no one has the right to tell you if you were right or wrong."

"I know very well that my decision was the right one, but... why do I still hurt?" The prince asked, his voice wavering slightly.

"Because you still love her."

"It matters not anymore. Dainia and my family would never accept us. She also now loathes me because of what I have said."

"It matters to you, Your Highness. She was wrong about one thing - you will never be a 'doll' again. You never be the same, for your time with her has changed you."

"So I shall continue to hurt, because of what she has done to me? How... how do I stop it? How do I stop hurting?"

"Forgive me, Your Highness, but this is the point where I can no longer continue to advise you on what to do, for I am unsure of the right answers myself."
@Birdboy Maybe we could get a couple more players by bumping the thread in the interest check.
@Shadow Dragon Yeah, I'm pretty content.
Having been writing a character like Eliezer for some time, I think I understand lol. The guy understands nothing but overthinks everything. That last line really was misunderstood though, he was actually telling Allister that there was nothing he could do to stop his family from thinking that the Lunarians were a threat, he wasn't personally threatening to have them killed. Actually we can leave it as a misunderstanding, I can work with that :D
@Shadow Dragon Same old, I guess.
With the loading of her weapon, she had gotten its attention, the both of them had. What was it going to do now? At first, it seemed to tense in wariness, before beginning to approach her. As she watched it draw closer to her, she tightened her finger around the trigger of her weapon, eyes narrowing as a non-verbal warning to the beast that any attempt to cause her harm would earn it a bolt through its hide. She then raised an eyebrow in surprise as it stepped back, relaxing her tensed muscles and lowering her crossbow when it bounded back into the woods and out of sight, possibly out of defeat. Perhaps it had planned to take her as its own kill after all, and then figured that it would not be able to take on two hunters after the boy showed up. Regardless, she would continue to be wary, should it or any of its companions attempt to catch them off guard instead.

With the potential threat gone, the young man put his own weapon away and raced over to Shamira, an expression of concern apparent on his face as he laid his eyes on her battered and bleeding form. It was not hard to notice that he had some burning questions in his mind about the event that he had just witnessed, but as eager as he might have been to speak about it, he decided to hold his tongue for the time being, motioning for her to take a seat where she was before he helped her to tend to her wounds. She winced involuntarily several times as he temporarily wrapped her injuries, currently there being nothing to distract her from the pain they were causing her. After he was done, the two sat in silence for another good minute, after which he turned to body of the fallen wolf, still out in the clearing, and finally spoke.

"Did you... do that?"

Shamira shook her head before jerking it in the direction where the reddish-brown werewolf had vanished. "It did."

The boy's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "But why?"

"I was hoping to find out by stopping you from shooting, but how, I don't know."

"Maybe... you just didn't want to kill it?"

"Maybe. Regardless of its intention, or mine, I've returned the favor," she said, before glancing at the path the wolf had taken back into the woods. "Just this once, buddy."

He then nodded, gently taking her arm and putting it around his shoulders to help her up. "We should get you back to town."

As the two inched along, Shamira glanced around the forest, letting her mind wander for a bit. Did she only spare that wolf because she was curious? Because she wanted to repay it for what it had done? It was probably both, but was there some other reason as well, one she could not explain herself? Did it even matter? What was done had been done, and now, she only hoped that there were still others whom they could regroup with. They would be fortunate to find even half of their team alive and breathing after that unexpected encounter.
"If this unidentified group does not kill off the rest of the assassins you have released, you can be certain that our guards shall do their best to do so by order of my family."

From the response, it sounded as if Allister took this as a personal threat from Eliezer. Did he? Cause it wasn't supposed to be :s
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