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Robin sprinted off away the huge, black beast; trying to catch up with the three other, terrified men. In the distance he could hear horses hooves trampling the hard packed ground and he froze momentarily before carried on his run.
"Robin!" Someone shouted from ahead, "It's your father!"
Robin knew that already and as the huge black horse came striding to their side, he bowed his head.
The man on top of the horse pulled off the huge, brass helmet he was wearing and clutched it under his arm. Robin stared up at him pathetically, the light of expectant hope still bright in his young eyes.
The huge man glared at the group of boys, searching for the young princess that should have been with them and growled.
"What did I do," He spat through gritted teeth, "To deserve such a prized dolt for a son,"
The other men on horseback fought laughter.
"Father, we tried," Robin tried to explain.
"Do not talk back to me boy!" His father bellowed and Robin cowered in fear.
Coeur de Noir slid off his horse and Robin's head snapped to the other two men doing the same. He extended his hands in protest as two men roughly ragged his shoulders back.
Robin stared on afraid as his father stood before him, angrily looking him up and down.
Suddenly his father raised his right hand and struck his son across the face. Robin's head snapped to the right and he exhaled a pained breath, his cheek stinging wildly. He opened his eyes and spotted his hat lying a few feet away but when he reached for it he was pulled back by the two men either side of him.
In relation to his father and his father's men Robin was just a boy.
"Father," He tried again and was met was another glove clad hit to the face.
Robin's eyes smarted as his father's ring caught his lip.
"Hush your tongue you snivelling whelp," Coeur yelled and Robin flinched.
His father laughed and turned away, at that point Robin was released and harshly thrown to the ground. Coeur re mounted his horse and in a flash was gone, riding across the expanse of forest.
The men who had been holding him laughed and retreated, following Coeur de Noir and leaving Robin alone with his boys. Desperate not to come across weak, his hand crawled out and retrieved his hat. Jamming on top of his head, he stood and turned, smiling at the boy's.
"Right, let's go catch a princess," He smiled though his lip was split, showing bloodied teeth.