The Secret
Chapter 1
Once upon a time, there was a Kingdom. It was not very rich, nor was it very grand, and was ruled by Prince who did not care for his people and only walked amongst them to reck havoc and upset. But a knight was wiling to stand up to him, he would thwart the princes plans to ruin the kingdom and save the people from despair. But he, himself was plagued by demons. He would push himself to the limit when stopping the princes men, just to take away the pain he held inside. But love can not be vanquished so easily. And his heart broke everyday he saw the kingdom up in flames, for he knew, that the someone had helped the prince in his rein of terror. And that someone was the only person in the kingdom who truly needed saving but was the only one who he couldn't free. For the Duchess, saw past the crimes of the prince, saw past his psychotic control and promised to love him always.
Just like the knight had promised to her.
For in his eyes she was perfect.
He would often find her, broken and bruised in the street after one of the prince's outbursts, bleeding profusely from all the wounds he had given her. His heart would break a little more. So he tried his best to rescue her, took her away to a facility in the hope that they could make her see reason, wanting nothing more than for her to see the prince's true colors. But she never did, she always went back with open arms and forgave him each time he broke her.
But it would happen again. And sometimes, as he watched her struggle to crawl away, he couldn't help but wonder - should I even bother?