They drove back in dead silence until a knock of a blue baby bird that the windscreen. Astrid made sure Luke stopped the car to see the bird. She picked up the bird and hid it inside her coat. All he could do was smirk at her.
Astrid fell off to sleep in the car, he carried her to her room and took the bird.
THE NEXT MORNING
Astrid woke up to the sound of birds chirping, as soon as she recovered she looked for the bird all over the house.
All she could hear was Luke talking to the bird that had a bandage around it's wing.
"hmmm...."
You remind me of Astrid, act brave but quite naive and fragile. I really have to kill her but feel like I can't, I don't understand why."
He says as he looks at the bird.
Astrid runs away immediately lost in her thoughts not knowing what to do.
{I need to see what he will do next, Can I really trust him?}
Luke takes Astrid to a party, another mission. They found a lead that Astrid's cousin will be there.
They set up an ambush on the side of the road waiting for the cousin to come.
At the party she met the knight that she cared for, she ran away with a drink in her hand.
LUKE
I waited outside by the balcony for the cousin to come only to see Astrid running towards me looking like she was drunk. I yank her aside and took the shot but Astrid pushed me.
"You can't kill him", those were the words she said.
It looked like she cared for that idiot a lot.
I pressed her pressure point to knocked her out.
"So how long do you think my cousin will survive?"
"Not much longer sir...I sent out my people to look for her."
"The nanny did a good job though, snitching out on Astrid"
Luke stood in shock by the door, learning more and more new information about Astrid"
AT THE HOUSE
{Hmp... she's still aspleep}
Luke pulled out a gun and held it to her head but stopped.
{What's going on!!!! WHY AM I HESITATING!!!}
"Sir, I can't kill her just yet. There's something off about her, I need time to figure out what it is. I can feel it"
{What did her cousin mean back then?}
[There's no need to call her my cousin. she is not even supposed to be alive. my aunt and uncle killed their child, so no one would get the throne. In fact, she's the most lethal assassin who tried to kill me but her memories got wiped. I started taking a liking to her but I can't allow any distractions to get in my way.]
{Now how do I explain to her that she's not even related to those hypocrites ... WAIT!!!! It all makes sense. What if she was trying to bring their wrongdoings to light}