On the Edge

Sahar had just finished her shift and she was heading to training with one of her friends Max that had finished work as well but After a moment they saw seven guards running past..

"what happened?" She could see the panic in their eyes "the rebellion attacked the western wing of the castle.." "the prince is there!" Max says coldly "and Ilias!" She said louder than meant.

She started running not listening to Max that shouted after her to slow down, to stop, she had to get to Ilias and the prince fast. when she got there it was worse than she expected. Sahar tried to look for them but only thing that she saw was destruction and dead both guards and few rebels.

"Ilias!" She shouted a few times "Prince Cadel" "here" someone said, Ilias! She noticed them..but something was off one of them was not moving. She ran directly to help

"are you okay?" She saw Ilias lying on his side and breathing heavily "what happened??" then Cadel replied to her" the aisle exploded and we got trapped " Ilias can you get up?" She said turning back to meet his gaze " I'm fine take the prince away from here..."

she kissed him then asked one more time "can you?" he was in huge pain she could see it, he sighed " no....I can't...I broke my leg...." "we have to move now" she tried to help him up but he is too heavy for her to carry alone she looked at Cadel as asking for help but then Ilias said

" you and the heir to the throne have to go now!" Sahar shook her head "no please I can't leave you" his voice was heavy with pain as he told her to go if she actually cared for him, she obeyed and lead the prince away. When she saw few other guards, she told them how serious the damage actually was and the location of Ilias and in what condition he was, she prayed that his leg wasn't broken badly...as it would mean the end for him as a royal guard..After she made sure the prince was okay and he was not hurt badly thanks to Ilias she went back to the western wing and her head was filled with questions How many got hurt? How many died? How did they even get in? Ilias had been taken away, and she decided to go check on him...

She sat next to his bed..she heard from the healers that he had passed out before help would come, but he would be fine..
She looked back at Ilias and he opened his eyes slowly and looked at her managing a weak smile "hey...." he whispered

"how you're feeling" Sahar asked while being so glad that he finally woke up. "Been better...my leg and back pains a lot, but alive, so that's good" he laughed but then grinned from the pain Sahar smiled but looked thoughtful and upset.

"What is it..." he asked "the captain.." she replied "he said that if your leg won't heal fast enough you lose your position as a royal guard...but..that's unfair..you saved the prince..I could try to discuss the matter with the captain and.."

"Don't.." he said simply
"What you mean?" She asked in confusion
"The king already gave his word, I'm staying and I'll have all the time I need to heal" she looked so relieved "thanks gods.." she said smiling.

He sat up and she saw the terrible bruise on his ribs and she almost gasped "you took almost the whole blow while covering the prince, didn't you..?" He simply nodded and she asked a servant to bring him some food, after talking with him for what felt like hours the healers told her to leave so he could rest and it was late anyways and she had to go sleep as well as she had an early shift tomorrow.

-Asterin Blackbeak 13