Love and War: Shackles of the Heart

ed, but I had learned to enjoy every hard task being thrown at me. If there was one thing that

I did it all and did them well. And in everything I did, I would make sure that I lived

d every time she did, I'd wake up with a tear on my face, because I'd wake up to t

fully as possible. But at the back of my mind, I battled with

she said her farewell to me, the smile she usually wore was undeniably filled with melancholy. Her eyes still gleamed beneath the light. But

knew that she was moving to another country w

and gave it to me. She said, "Hold onto this and remember me. Even if you find yourself fal

I stood frozen in my spot. My legs refused to move, and I was trembling from the pain of losing her. "

ed like how she always did. She mouthed the words

days of my early adulthood, and I was now a Royal Knight of the kin

d our way back into each other's lives. Now, here we stood. On the battlefield; together, bu

Queendom's colors in her corset; Red, white, black. I, on the other hand, donned the armor I had been promoted to as a Royal Knig

was all one would get; one full minute. One minute of everything all at once. And anything b

muttered und

the ground and looked away. "We really did find our way back into e

of dying men from both sides, and all I could hear now was Clai

at me. Seconds later, a ball of fire f

rom her beautiful face. Even as she cast a spell on

d together on the day we declared our love, nor the sunrise that came the da

l of flame forming at the tip of her staff was starting to get larger, a

treaming down. She looked even sadder than the day she m

urus! Draw your gods-forsak

me. I gripped my sword and stood my ground, deflecting the fireball

away from her hand and pierce the ground. Claire dropped to her knees

not look away. I had no idea when I did it,

re about the war anymore. "I can't do it," I told her. "You h

e gave me from beneath my

shock. She hurled her body at me, and it took me a few seconds to

face. I held her hand tightly and said, "I'm right here. Don't

ur dreams, my love?" Clair

dly as tears ra

. "I'm glad..." Her chest heaved up and down as she breath

her cheeks. "Neither did I,