67 Stalling (1/2)

The head guard saw his men die before him and felt great pain.

The prince who was calm because of his protection was now becoming increasingly nervous.

The princess fell to the ground as her legs weakened, being exposed to death for the first time she who had given up on life long ago had become fearful of death again.

When illness was claiming her life she had to accept what little time she had left but now in this situation where she would be killed before her natural time of death she began to feel how unfair the world truly was.

Her death surrounded by her family as she took her last breaths had been replaced with dying in a place far away from her loved ones.

She did not want to die.

'Not yet.' The princess thought as she hit her legs to stop the fear from controlling her, if she gave up now she may never see her grandmothers face again.

The guard took his sword and stabbed the assassin who had just finished killing one of his men.

Another arrow flew in the direction of the prince this time.

The sword was removed from the assassins chest and immediately deflected the arrow in the last moment.

The guard looked upon the head assassin studying him. 'So he finally has a chance to get to the prince, but he is being too cautious.'

When the final guard was the only one left alive the assassin could have taken a risk to kill the head guard but instead chose to fire upon the prince.

The arrow would not kill the prince but slow him down and the arrow had been within the guards range to stop.

Another arrow flew towards the prince.

The guards sword stopped the arrow again.

He looked upon the assassin again.

'He is too calm.' He thought.

Another arrow headed towards the prince.

The guard stopped it again.

The guard looked at the assassin who showed no signs of anxiety. 'He is stopping me from approaching him by firing upon the prince, he knows I can stop the prince from being harmed...'

'If that is so, then he cannot kill anyone else but is holding us in place.' The guard became aware of the situation. ”Prince hurry and take the princess away right away!”

The prince looked upon the situation and understood his meaning. ”What can we do?”