• A caged heart and a broken mind,

    The room echoed with the footsteps of the young lord Rizuki, he paced the distance of the doors of his balcony. He was at peace for the moment, the sound was relaxing or more so than his father's constant nagging about his protection. Rizuki currently resided in the highest part of the castle because of threats that had recently surfaced from some of the commoners. They hadn't been agreeing with some of the decisions his father, king Louise had been making.

    As he continued to pace and stare out the open doors to his balcony at the calm night that was just starting, a knock on his door disturbed him from his thoughts. Only seconds later a guard entered without waiting properly for an answer.

    "My young lord, the majesty requests your presences in his quarters at once!" Rizuki stopped his pacing completely and hung his head. On normal occasions he was able to avoid his father's company, however, when his father did want to talk to him it was normally important. The guard excused himself and Rizuki reluctantly made his way to his father's quarters. He didn't even bother to knock on the closed door, after all his father's guard hadn't shown respect, why should he?

    "You wished to see me?" Rizuki announced his presence. He hoped that Louise wasn't going to take up precious time with meaningless topics, he wanted to get back to his room because something felt overall wrong about this specific night.

    "Yes, I wanted to talk to you about our current plan. The kingdom is getting no where in this stand still between forces. For the last few months out scientist have been creating different weapons and we plan to use these newly found weapons to strike on the kingdom of Askata to finally end this war. Unfortunately until we do win this war, you are a liability. People are going to be coming after you, your mother, anyone close to me," the king paused to take in his son's expression which had not changed much from the expression he had when he entered the room.

    "So, what are you proposing, father?" Rizuki asked while folding his arms over his chest.

    "You're going to ne-" The king was cut off by a loud noise directly outside the door, it sounded similar to a fallen knight. Each guard in the room became alert, waiting for the next scene to play out. However the king wasn't prepared for the doors to burst open. A guard standing in the doorway.

    "Hand over the prince!" Eyes became wide as they had realized that a woman had overtaken their security. The king examined the suit of armor as closely as he could the woman standing before him demanding his son.

    Lead to clouded decisions and unforgettable emotions.