FPOV:

I was seriously stressed. I had too much to deal with right now.

Isilee was at war with Kildenzo.

Enna and I were on the run.

There was a mandatory army draft that I wasn't sure how to get out of.

Our parents were looking for us, and they would rip us apart and never let us be together if they ever found us.

And the list goes on and on.

But none of these issues were at the forefront of my mind.

The thing that really got me was that Enna's father was an absolute pig.

How could he have done something so vile and evil to his own daughter and still be respected. Hell, I had even respected him at one point in time!

But I couldn't sit back and do nothing knowing what he had so wretchedly done. He had to pay. I would see to that personally.

A plan formed in my mind as to how to get him.

But how? Could I...kill him? No, no, no. He might be evil, but I would never kill someone.

Could I scare him? Threaten him? No, he had an entire army to slaughter me with. No way I could make him fear me while he was so powerful.

That was the real problem.

My mind babbled on aimlessly.

He was much too powerful. Everyone in all of Kildenzo supported him. They knew him only by his public façade, not as the bully I knew he really was. He's probably been with half the young girls in the kingdom, too. Now that would do some reputation damage. He might not look quite so great then-

And then it clicked. Duh!

Ah ha!

Hours later when the sun finally started peeking out from behind the horizon. I had continued to pinpoint the steps of my plan as I watched Enna sleeping beside me.

God she's beautiful. She's worth doing all of this for.

But could I tell her? She wouldn't approve of my malicious plan, even if she did hate her father. But she could help me. After all, she had lived with the man for so many years.

I sighed out loud, making Enna groan, still half asleep.

I looked down at her and brushed a piece of her hair of her forehead, causing her to groggily open her startling green eyes.

"Good morning, sleepyhead," I whispered.

She yawned and stretched her arms over her head as she said, "Good morning."

"Did you sleep well, love?"

She smiled at me and kissed me sweetly.

She laughed at nothing in particular before sitting up and dusting off her clothes. Her brilliant smile faded dramatically as she looked around her.

"Ah. Right. I almost forgot," she pouted, annoyed.

I stood up and looked around quickly. I grabbed her outstretched hand and pulled her up towards me, and pulled her into a hug.

She sighed, and I kissed the top of her head.

"It's okay. I've got a plan."

She pulled away from me quickly so she could look at me, her eyes wide in surprise.

"You do?"

I chuckled, keeping the situation light. Might as well get as far ahead now as I could. Things were about to take a sharp turn away from all things happy and comfortable-...

"Of course, Enna. I have to protect you after all," I said as I winked at her.

She cocked up one eyebrow. "What exactly is your plan, then, Finn?"

I exhaled loudly. "Why don't you just trust me on this one?"

She scoffed and rolled her eyes. Then she demanded, "Finn. Just tell me. Jeez. It can't be that bad."

I looked her in the eyes. "Okay, fine. Enna, we have to get to your father."

She ripped herself away from me, taking a huge step backwards. "What!?" she said crossly.

"Enna, it's really not that bad. We just have to get him out of the throne and-"

She glared at me. "Finnathon Theodosius Delerio-Brahman. This had better not be about what I told you last night. If it is Finn, I swear I'll-"

"Oh please, Enna. It's not about that."

"Oh, it's not, hmm? Then what is it about?" she snapped.

"It's about-um...er..." I stuttered.

Well, damn. I'd walked right past the point of no return. I doubted there was a way I could going to charm myself out of this one.

"That's what I thought," she spat bitterly and brushed past me.

I sank down in the dirt and put my head in my hands.

I was so selfish. I had planned to allow two kingdoms to go into bloody battle, and instead focus on my own conceited, narcissistic egotistical needs. I had to figure this out so that it resulted in keeping Enna and preventing a war.

But there was still something about my plan that stuck in my head, like it needed to be put into action. Maybe I was overprotective. Maybe I was crazy.

But it made so much sense earlier! Was I forgetting something?

Oh!

"Enna!" I shot up and looked around for her frantically. It thrilled me that I could explain myself, and fix the fact that I had seriously upset her.

I walked around the surrounding woods for a while, until I came to a small, rocky creek. She was sitting on a rock with her back towards me upstream a little ways, roughly combing her fingers through her long, tangled hair.

The sunshine was bright and cheery, and as I looked at her, I felt oddly happy, given the situation.

I shouted "Enna!" as I ran the short distance to where she was. Her head whipped around to look at me, and she started to say "Finn! Listen, I-". But I interrupted her as I threw my arms around her waist and danced her around, her feet never touching the ground. She held on tightly, probably out of fear.

Not that I blamed her. Most likely, she thought something was wrong with me. I was so happy for some reason, and I had no clue why.

Shit, maybe I was crazy.

Eh, oh well. At least I had the girl.

I put her down and held her tight, my arms around her waist.

"Finn, I'm sorry for acting like that. I shouldn't have done that."

I pressed my lips to her shoulder and said "Enna, no. I'm sorry. I was acting selfishly."

She sighed and hugged me harder. "It's okay. I still love you," she laughed.

I pulled back and looked at her. "But I can explain, too! I just was too narrow-minded earlier."

She sighed and made a gesture to show me to continue.

I sat us both down across from each other on the boulder as I grabbed her hand. I launched into an explanation of my idea, and how we could take down the King of Kildenzo.

After I had finished, she looked like she was concentrating on something very hard.

"So? Do you think it could work?" I urged.

She nodded her head slowly, looking past me.

"Do you know if he's done anything like that before?" I asked, trying to get an actual response from Enna.

Instead of speaking, she snorted and rolled her eyes.

"So he has?"

She sighed. "Yes, Finn. He has. Many, many times. It's the reason we had so many servers and maids in the castle."

"Well that's great! We can go find them and this will all work out." I saw her looking at me with an incredulous eyebrow raised, and decided to rephrase. "Um, I mean, it's not great, I mean, I'm sure those women wouldn't think it was great, but-"

She laughed. "Finn, it's okay. I know what you meant." She put her hand on my knee and smiled. I smiled back.

She spoke again. "So. We're going to my parent's castle? Back to Kildenzo?"

"Yep. We're going to Kildenzo."