𝔗𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔉𝔦𝔯𝔢 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔅𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡

ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔭𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔖𝔦𝔵

𓋹 𝔇𝔲𝔱𝔶 𓋹

Edmon nods at the knights when he walks past them. They all respect him and give him a slightly, only with their heads for he is not of nobility nor royalty. All that he is is the protector of the future Queen and he is her personal Guard. The only one that is allowed near her at all times. He walks past them towards his chambers. They are positioned beside the Princess' chambers in order for him to get there as quickly as he can if she were in danger while he is not there.

It is not often that he is inside his chambers. He has spent more time in hers than he has his own and he has had those chambers for a very long time. He is required to be with her every second of every day and often into the night where she soundly sleeps. There are times that he would be inside her chambers while she sleeps, where he stands there the entire night and guards her from all harm, other times he is on the outside of her chambers and keeps a close eye on everything and everyone.

She is not just his Princess and future Queen but she is his friend and his heart cares deeply for her. If she were to be harmed, he does not know what he would do. His chambers are dark upon his entering and when the doors close, he sighs. This day has been a difficult one and he worries endlessly for that girl, for her life as he would do anything and everything for her. Willingly he would walk to his own death if she asked him to and he does hope she asks him one day.

For then she would know that he would never break the vows he has made for her. The coldness of the room is nothing compared to what he has experienced before. The window has been left open and he did so the last time he had been there to let air inside the room. Night had fallen slowly and when it did, he found the day being an exhausting one. Putting down his sword down on his desk, a simple wooden desk which he barely uses anyway and does not care for it nor any of the things that are inside the chambers.

Sitting down, and being the first time he has sat down in the past day, once again Edmon sighs. Not knowing what he is meant to do now. The Princess is safe and secure, though he worries for her. He worries that he had sent her to her death for she is not a Queen yet, that she will not survive it. They will not allow her to live if she is not crowned yet. Still, Edmon had to make the tough choice to keep her safe from all harm, to keep her from the things that could destroy her.

A laugh in the darkness is heard and he's thrust on his legs and reaching for his sword, only to see and feel that it is not on the desk where he had placed it. "Who is there?" He speaks in a harsh tone to whoever is inside his chambers which have been locked and only he has the key. Not even any maid or servant can enter his chambers unless he allows them to and he stays in the room while they clean and change the bed. Not that he often sleeps there anyway. Another laugh of pure darkness is heard around him.

"One ought to be careful with a weapon as fine as this" A familiar voice speaks. The man that disappears and reappears as if he wee a ghost. In the darkness, Edmon can see the shape of a man. And he takes notice that the man is holding his sword in his hands, as if he were testing it. "That is the point. It is created to kill and if I had it in my hands now, I would not hesitate to drive it through your heart" Edmon threatens. He might not have his sword but he does have something else.

Reaching, he finds a hidden dagger which he keeps on him at all times in case he is bested with a sword, though he is the best swordsman that this kingdom has ever seen in a very long time and there will not be possible that anyone were to best him. Edmon takes no chances when it comes to that girl and he would protect her with all that he is, even if he has to carry a couple of weapons on his body at all times. The laugh is heard once more and then the man steps closer to Edmon who holds the dagger tighter.

Prepared to strike at any time. "You will not find her, she is where none can enter but she. There she will stay until you have been captured. I must admit, I did not know it will happen so quickly, but I will do what is necessary" Edmon speaks. He takes a couple of steps closer to the man. He can see how the man is calm and smirks at him, as if he planned for that. "Yes. All know that the fearless Guard of the Princess will do anything for her, even kill" The man mocks him.

Azrael does not seem frightened of the dagger, even when he sees it. Rather amused even. "You cannot strike me down, for I have already been struck down. A long time ago. The past is indeed a mystery to us all. Unless one knows what had taken place regarding that girl you call a Queen" The man speaks and then laughs. He drops the sword and the sound of the metal hitting the stone ground echoes around the room and stings Edmon's ears when it arrives to him.

"Threaten her life and I will strike you down right where you stand" Edmon threatens. Wanting to hear nothing of this. The man has no weapons now that he has dropped his sword and plans to not pick it up it seems. "The Knight in shining armor you play, yet when it comes down to it. You will not be able to protect her. You did not protect her in the past and you will not do it in the future. Have you ever asked yourself why you find yourself incapable of doing anything else other than protecting her?" The man asks him in a dark tone.

He begins to walks back and towards the bed where he stands. Edmon keeps a close eye on him and makes it certain that he will not be able to have the upper hand, even when both of them are aware that Azrael already does have the upper hand when it comes down to it for he is the one that can disappear and reappear to his will and therefore will be able to best Edmon is that. "No. It is my duty to protect her. It is an honor and there is nothing I would rather do" Edmon speaks.

Not saying how he has wondered before why he had been chosen. For as long as he can remember, his one duty is to protect her. Even as children, when they played together, he was always ordered to keep her safe. No matter what happened, he was always meant to protect her. As if that had been his destiny from birth. He does not care, for that is been an honor like his says and Edmon would never want that to change and nor does he want anything else other than that duty.

A chuckle leaves Azrael who sits down on the bed and tests it out, as if he is enjoying being there. "The First One is who she is, but who are you?" The man says and then he is gone from sight. Edmon goes in circles around the room as he tries to find the man who he has to capture. Cursing himself over and over again for not attacking when he had the change as he did have the change a couple of times and should have done it. And yet he did not attack like he was trained to do.

Like he was meant to. The words that the man had said interested him. For better for worse, he hates it. He had found a a wary to get under his skin and for that Edmon has failed to do his duty. This man is the only reason for why the girl is inside that room and when he is captured will be the moment that she will be able to step out. The Princess will be taken care of there, she will be fed and kept safe. More he could not ask for. However, he should have done his duty and made sure that she did not have to enter that room before it was her time to enter there.

The man has disappeared and he is not coming back. Edmon bends down and takes up his sword, but then notices that there is something odd about it. Even in the darkness around him, he can see that there is something odd. Cannot know what that is. He walks over to the desk and places it down. He keeps the dagger at hand and will not set it down nor lose it for that matter in case the man appears again.

He does not. Edmon lights a couple of candles in his chambers and sees that he is all alone. He closes the window and allows the warmth from the candles to give the room this slight warmth, it is not much but enough. It does not stop how his body is shivering to the bone and not because of the coldness of the room itself, rather because of the words that the man had said only moments before, the words that are still on Edmon's mind and they do not leave his mind, circle again and again.

Edmon does not go to sleep that night. The man had successfully gotten into his mind, which Edmon knows was the intended purpose for his visit. The man, Azrael knows far too much about them and he knows how to anger them and mess things up. He had begun to stopping the coronation of the Queen which should have happened. Because of that man, it had not happened. Edmon had stalked his chambers the entire night. Finding new ways to capture this threat and eliminate it from existence in order to protect the Princess and the future Queen from harm.

He will kill for her and end the lives of so many for her if she asked him. He would end his own life if that is what she wants. There is nothing he won't do for her. And yet he hesitated when it came to protect her. Because of his own selfish desire to learn the truth about himself which that man knows. It frustrates him to no end to know that the man that has bested him escapes him when he has gotten no answer from him. The man is toying with them all, playing with them as if they were his prey.

What he plans on doing with them will not come to pass. Because Azrael had made one mistake and one mistake only at coming to his bed chambers this night. He wants access to the Princess and he is trying to make Edmon bring her towards a new hiding place where he will be able to access. It means that he is desperate to speak with her. Edmon will not allow that man anywhere near her. Even if that means he will never know the truth, even if it means no one will know the truth about the past, present and future.