'Duty to the people, honor to the kingdom,' Yllana sat on a branch of a tree on a top of a mountain. She was thinking of her vows as a knight in the North Kingdom. She started training when she was fourteen. She told her parents that she was going on a training camp but never mentioned it was for the imperial army. And five years passed by easily. She did not see her parents for those years. She felt a stinging pain inside her chest and she clutched on her sword tightly.
"Yllana,"
Ba-dump!
The tight feeling on her chest changed into a nervous throbbing. That voice was so familiar. She raked her fingers through her hair and took a deep breath before facing the source of that voice.
Two dark-colored eyes were staring at her. Lucien was standing beside her and offering his hand.
"We need to go. It will be dark soon."
"Lucien, I haven't thanked you yet." She took Lucien's hand and stood beside him. They jumped down the tree with ease and started to venture deeper into the forest.
