Hot, painful tears made his pretty eyes a bit glossy and weak, as his father's victory smirk was enough to haunt his nightmare for life. His dear mother was right. This meeting was a set-up. A set-up to separate him from the one he shouldn't be that far from for so long as fifty blood days. His countenance was dampened, and for a moment he looked defeated. His father even went far enough to get the whole court to agree on such a ridiculous and petty punishment. That was enough indication that his fight to make his dear Wish the queen of this realm had begun the moment he found her. And his father had more up his sleeves to pull them apart farther than they could see each other, more than he imagined.
''But Father, I…'' He still tried to be strong and respectful even in this position.
