"Don't kill him," Elizia whispered to Allaryx. "He is the only remaining heir."
The knight obeyed her.
He did not kill him.
But he did run his blade across his corneas, leaving a gash that left the new king blind.
The sight of him bleeding rivers from his eyes as he fell to the ground and clawed his face was enough to induce nightmares.
And in those screams, Allaryx walked away with his Queen.
No one knew what happened to the two. But it was said that in the night, a figure clad in black could be seen roaming the continent since that day.
'In his arms,' the sightings reported, 'was a fair lady sleeping soundly.'
It is said that the two traveled the entire world before whispers of their stories stopped reaching the distant kingdom of Riever, now an imperial state.
Some said that Allaryx continued to safeguard Elizia even after her death.
But only Averie knew what was true and what wasn't.
He blinked his eyes and returned from the memories that weren't his.
