I felt my knees buckle, but I did not allow myself to succumb to the darkness that was creeping its way into my line of vision – my job was to get the remaining Royals through the portal and into the Realm safely, I couldn’t do that if I allowed myself this moment of weakness, it would have to wait.
I felt myself nod numbly, pushing the pain aside to deal with later on. Anthony had been like a father to me, and although it was my life's duty to protect him, I would have gladly thrown myself in front of a bullet for him, because wasn’t that protecting him? Wasn’t that what you were supposed to do for the ones you loved? But, isn’t that what I had been taught was what made you weak? My thoughts were a complete mess and I needed desperately to relax and gather them together, but I didn’t ha
