And with courage and determination, we went out of the garden and the moment the passageway leading to the hall opened, we were welcomed by a group of royal guards waiting with Chief Black and the King himself in front.
"You have nowhere to go, son. You can do nothing but surrender that criminal. You are the crown prince of this kingdom. What would this make of you? You know what responsibilities you have, and yet here you are, protecting the criminal who almost killed your mother?"
"He is not protecting me, Your Majesty. The truth is, he is here to surrender me. His Highness has done nothing," I said.
I looked at Demitri and saw how he was clenching his jaw tight and how he was suppessing himself from saying what he wanted to say. I gave him the 'I-will-be-okay' look before I was finally held captive by the royal guards.
I was put in the same cell where the culprit was. We are in the opposite sides of the cell, chained and sitting in the ground.
