Blake wasn’t paying attention to me. He walked away, his mind made up. I gave up trying to convince him and turned my begs to Holear.

“Holear.. I can’t lose Blake again.. but I don’t want my parents to be hurt either! There must be another way.. Anything?” I was begging so much I hadn’t realized the tears streaming down my face. I saw Holear’s face break with pain at seeing me so upset.

“Sweety.. We don’t have enough people to fight them.” Luciea told me.

I looked at her. “But Blake’s the prince! Can’t he have the whole army behind us helping?”

She wiped a tear from my facec as her own leaked over. “We could under any normal circumstance Sweety.. But..”

“It’s my father who took your parents Aea.” Blake said returning.

I stared at him, waiting for him to tell me he was kidding. I got up slowly as the realization of how painful it must be for Blake hit. I walked around the table and callapsed into Blake’s arms. He held me as tight as he could.

“I’m so sorry Aea..” He whispered to me.