And while struggling not to faint, I saw it too. The enemies was really going back to the darkness they had come. "What the...?" I mumbled but then these little stars came dancing in front of my eyes and I welcome the darkness of my own.

When I woke up I immediately tried to reach my sword. We were still on the woods. My Prince was cooking. Suddenly he turned around to look at me. Aah those ice blue eyes...Don't look at me like that!

"Don't you ever do something like that again! Do you hear me, Captain Lucas!? I was really scared you know..."
And I was speechless. I noticed that my shirt had taken off and my wound was covered with slices of my clothes. Remains of my shirt was lying on the ground beside me. "That was my best shirt, Your Highness." I replied in a moment.
He laught. I suddenly felt very warm inside. Must be fever...

"My Prince, we shall continue as planned. It seems that my men were taken out so we need to horry. They might want to strike again now that we are more vulnerable."
He walked next to me.
"We are not going anywhere until you are fully recovered. And that's an order!" Rafael added, when I tried to resist.
"Yes, Your Highness." I said and bowed my head. The stars came right back.

Aftter a while I was feeling a bit better and we sit down to eat. "So, do you have a ny theories of why they suddenly retrieved?" Rafael asked to me. I was staring at him, my mind in chaos. ' Why do I feel this way?! This is wrong!! So wrong!! '
"Umm...I..I guess they thought they had hit their target." I mumbeled, blushing.
"So they think I'm dead, is that it?"
I nodded.
"But why not kill you too?"
" I don't know, Your Highness."
"It doesn't make sense to leave a whitness."
"I know, Your Highness."
He sighted. "Why do you must treat me like I'm some half-God!?"
"But Your Highness---"
He wawed his hand. "Ah, never mind."
And silence felt between us.

How could I have told him that to me...He was most precious human in this world? I didn't understand it myself back then either.

Somehow I managed to pretend to feel better so we could get back on the road. Of course riding was very painfull and since the arrow had hit to my right shoulder I would had to use my left hand to fight in case they would return. That was a bit of a problem. Also the poison.

"I think I managed to suck out most of it." Rafael told me. The thought that his lips had touched my bare skin made me more dizzy than the lost of blood.
" But you should still see a doctor when we get back."
"Yes Your Highness. I'm most gratefull to You."
"Well, you would have done same to me,right?"
Was it my imagination or was he flirting to me? Must be my imagination...
"Yes Your Highness." I said way too higher voice than usual.

"Krhm. Home is only few miles away now, Your Highness."
Rafael didn't look at me. Instead he kept his eyes on the road ahead.
"Yes, you are right, Captain. Home sweet home. Yeah..."