"My Franz!!"
"Father!!!" The two women wept and wailed as grief threatened to tear their hearts apart. Unfortunately they would have no time to grieve. Randolph's forces were quickly making their way towards the rear palace.
"My Empress, Princess please we must leave now!" Though also in extreme pain Dartanan loudly bellowed as he moved to grab hold of both Amelia and Avira.
What remained of the shadow guards quickly broke into two teams, one to delay the enemies advance while the other would work with Dartanan to sweep away the Empress and Princess to safety.
The Princess still in shock was easily manhandled but Amelia stood motionless, resisting Dartanan's attempts to dislodge her.
Dartanan frowned and looked directly at his Empress with a pleading look, but he was met with an expression that shook him to the core.
