without her didn't sit well in her mind.
"I'll come find you when I learn something, Anye. Trust me," he pleaded with her. "And don't worry about the guards. I'll tell them you jimmied the lock and overpowered me before running into the darkness. By the time I thought I'd caught up with you, you had somehow disappeared."
Anye's anger quickly left her as she looked into Glenn's eyes. He was begging her to go, to survive. She didn't want to, her heart wanted her to stay, but her mind told her it was the right thing to do. She nodded her head and started to walk towards the hidden passage. She stopped for a second though, and turned back to face the man who had set her free.
She either wasn't thinking clearly or circumstances had forced her to no longer care. She ran back up to Glenn and embraced him passionately on the lips. She caught his surprise, but noticed he didn't push her away either as she concluded the kiss. Her emotions ran wild with excitement and sadness. She was finally giving herself to the man she cared for, but knew that they couldn’t be together. She needed to take what joy she could from the moment before it was over.
Eventually she pulled away, and felt lightheaded for a moment after. When she looked up at Glenn she thought she could see a mixture of utter shock and happiness in his eyes.
She backed away and, before heading towards the passage she smiled at him. "If I never see you again, I at least wanted to do that," she told him.
Glenn blinked his eyes for a second in disbelief before coming back to reality. "Right...be safe, Anye," he told her. With a counter-clockwise twist of the lance the mechanism hidden in the wall activated again, closing the opening in the floor.
With no way back and no desire to get caught, Anye made her way through the darkness to the entrance of the cave. She worried about Glenn and how he would get out of the situation he had put himself in for her escape, but her primary focus at the moment had to be survival and escaping the kingdom. Returning to her family's estate for whatever belongings she thought may help was out of the question as well; if her father didn't turn her in, then the guards who were undoubtedly keeping an eye on her family would try to kill her. It was a painful thought, running away, but it was her only option.
Just like Glenn had told her, waiting at the mouth of the cave just out of the storm's reach was a brown horse from the castle stables. A sack and a sword rested on top of it. She rushed over towards them, opening the bag to see what Glenn had provided for her.
There was nothing particularly befitting of a knight, but Anye realized that was for the better and was probably intentional. Inside the sack was a small pouch of gold coins, a small sailcloth, and some clothes consisting of a pair of old boots, a leather belt, a few pairs of trousers, a couple of shirts, and a hooded cloak. All of the clothing was designed for a man, likely Glenn. She doubted he had gone out to buy clothing for her and had just grabbed whatever he could spare. The sentiment touched her and she smiled at the thought.
The sword that rested along with the clothes Anye recognized immediately. Her suspicion was confirmed as soon as she pulled the blade from its leather sheath. The emblem of the Holy Knights was engraved on it, proving that the blade was her own as well as the one used to rob Prince Robert of his life. Somehow, Glenn had managed to sneak the blade away for her. For what reason he made sure she had that weapon she didn’t know, but she assumed it was to let her know that he wouldn’t forget what had happened and that she shouldn’t either.
"Glenn, how did you manage this?" Anye asked herself as she
"I'll come find you when I learn something, Anye. Trust me," he pleaded with her. "And don't worry about the guards. I'll tell them you jimmied the lock and overpowered me before running into the darkness. By the time I thought I'd caught up with you, you had somehow disappeared."
Anye's anger quickly left her as she looked into Glenn's eyes. He was begging her to go, to survive. She didn't want to, her heart wanted her to stay, but her mind told her it was the right thing to do. She nodded her head and started to walk towards the hidden passage. She stopped for a second though, and turned back to face the man who had set her free.
She either wasn't thinking clearly or circumstances had forced her to no longer care. She ran back up to Glenn and embraced him passionately on the lips. She caught his surprise, but noticed he didn't push her away either as she concluded the kiss. Her emotions ran wild with excitement and sadness. She was finally giving herself to the man she cared for, but knew that they couldn’t be together. She needed to take what joy she could from the moment before it was over.
Eventually she pulled away, and felt lightheaded for a moment after. When she looked up at Glenn she thought she could see a mixture of utter shock and happiness in his eyes.
She backed away and, before heading towards the passage she smiled at him. "If I never see you again, I at least wanted to do that," she told him.
Glenn blinked his eyes for a second in disbelief before coming back to reality. "Right...be safe, Anye," he told her. With a counter-clockwise twist of the lance the mechanism hidden in the wall activated again, closing the opening in the floor.
With no way back and no desire to get caught, Anye made her way through the darkness to the entrance of the cave. She worried about Glenn and how he would get out of the situation he had put himself in for her escape, but her primary focus at the moment had to be survival and escaping the kingdom. Returning to her family's estate for whatever belongings she thought may help was out of the question as well; if her father didn't turn her in, then the guards who were undoubtedly keeping an eye on her family would try to kill her. It was a painful thought, running away, but it was her only option.
Just like Glenn had told her, waiting at the mouth of the cave just out of the storm's reach was a brown horse from the castle stables. A sack and a sword rested on top of it. She rushed over towards them, opening the bag to see what Glenn had provided for her.
There was nothing particularly befitting of a knight, but Anye realized that was for the better and was probably intentional. Inside the sack was a small pouch of gold coins, a small sailcloth, and some clothes consisting of a pair of old boots, a leather belt, a few pairs of trousers, a couple of shirts, and a hooded cloak. All of the clothing was designed for a man, likely Glenn. She doubted he had gone out to buy clothing for her and had just grabbed whatever he could spare. The sentiment touched her and she smiled at the thought.
The sword that rested along with the clothes Anye recognized immediately. Her suspicion was confirmed as soon as she pulled the blade from its leather sheath. The emblem of the Holy Knights was engraved on it, proving that the blade was her own as well as the one used to rob Prince Robert of his life. Somehow, Glenn had managed to sneak the blade away for her. For what reason he made sure she had that weapon she didn’t know, but she assumed it was to let her know that he wouldn’t forget what had happened and that she shouldn’t either.
"Glenn, how did you manage this?" Anye asked herself as she
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