Even though the chance of that happening wasn’t good. But there were plenty of people to ask. Celsus, Camelot, Babylon… any one of them might have heard of something like this in their experience as knights. And if not them, then something they knew.
When she apologized, he didn’t know what to say in response either, so he simply wrapped his arms around her once more and held her close.
Despite the fear and sadness he felt, there also grew determination to fight. If not for himself, for Paris.
And for Henry and Abigail.
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