Mary's Point of View:

I looked back and there he was, the love of my life calling after my name, I can hear the bitter sweet desperation in his voice begging me to wait and all the memories I've had with him came in like flash and in that moment i wanted to get off this damn horse and feel his lips one last time but i know in my heart if i did i would never want to leave. So i turned around and rod off. There's a sharp pain in my chest that can only be cured by his embrace.

[Back ground: Water falls] Tears roll down my face as i see Francis' face in every direction i set my eyes on. His lips on mine, the feel of his body agai-

"What's wrong?" Bash interrupted my thoughts.

"Him." I said as i could not think of anything else but him.

"My brother?"

"Yes."

"You said early on that you're trying to save him...from what?"

"Myself"

"Aren't you the one who needed saving?"

I looked him right in the eye for the first time and said "it's complicated"

"Then please your grace make me understand"

"I just wish it- who, wh-" Words cannot describe how i feel and so the tears came in and finished my sentence.

Bash lifted up my face and said "Whatever it is, you should know that you're a strong queen. A queen any man would kill to have. What else could my brother ask for?"

You're a queen, a queen any king would kill for

I remember francis saying it. I remember it so vividly that it seemed like im reliving that moment again. Once again my thoughts had been clouded by memories of him. His blue eyes sta-

I'm an inch away from bash's lips when i finally regained reality. I suddenly turned around as i hear horses come our direction. Has francis come for me? A part of me was hoping he would but i know it will only cause me his life. So i got up and looked everywhere to escape. Nothing but dead ends. The only way out is if we jump here from the falls to the river.

"Do you think those are the king's men...with francis?" I asked bash

"Most likely yes. Are you coming with me or staying?"

"But why are you in a hurry like a prisoner on the run?"

"I'll explain later. But for now we must jump."

I looked down and looked back at the woods. What am i more afraid of? Loosing Francis; the man i love or jumping off of this terrifying height? The answer is obvious.

I looked at bash and nodded, giving him the impression that i will jump. He grabbed my hand and the adrenaline creped through my veins.

To be continued...