She was my princess and I was her protector. She meant the world to me and I meant everything to her. We were forbidden to have any sort of romance. I tried to abide by the rules and stayed my distance from her, but she suggested that rules were just words and nothing more. There was nothing at all keeping us apart from loving each other like we do.

Her sister, Sari forbid us to ever see each other and she was the next in line to be Queen. If that were to happen, then our love wouldn't blossom, our love won't be free. I didn't want to be apart from her for long. I had to do something.

The next day, my princess wanted me in her room. I arrived there at 6am and she was already up and waiting. She had a straight face. I knelt at her feet.

"Haruka, I order you to kill my sister."

I looked up sharply at her. She was the most innocent, the most fragile and most of all she hated any violence and bloodshed. So why did she just command me to kill her own flesh and blood?

"My lady, I..."

"Haruka...Please. It's hard for me to be apart from you. If Sari becomes Queen, we may never be together and guards will be around every corner watching our every move. I do not want to live that kind of life. I want people to see who is the one I love, the person I want to be by my side forever."

"But my lady, there has to be some other way without violence. I will find it-" I cried.

"There isn't any other way, Haruka."

I thought about it, if this murder had happen then she would be next in line. The rules of the Moon Kingdom will change. This was what she wanted all along. My princess...

"Your wish is my command, princess. I will make sure there is no trace linking to us," I stated. She knelt in front of me and planted a kiss to my forehead,

"I just don't want to lose you, Haruka."

Those words continue to echo in my head as I walked down the long, empty hallways.

"Were you just in my sister's room now?"

That voice. How I scowl at the sound. I stood there as the person revealed herself.

"You do know that once I become Queen, I'm going to banish you to the ends of the earth. That way my sister will be safe from your soiled hands. She deserves a man, not some slave and a woman at that."

"Really? And who says that you're going to be the next of kin?" I smirked. She looked taken back.

"W-What are you saying?"

I quickly withdrew my sword and then fast as lightning I slit her throat. No blood splatter decorated the marble floor as I dragged her away and burned her body in the forest. As the flames licked the girl's skin, I could only think that this was the best. Serena was now finally the next of kin.

An hour after I disposed the body and the ashes scattered in the winds, I reported back to Serena's quarters. I knocked on the door before I walked in. There she sat in front of the mirror brushing her golden locks.

"What is it, Haruka?"

"I've completed your command, princess," I stated. She swung around in her seat, eyes wide.

"You did?!"

"Yes, my lady," I answered. She ran over to me and hugged me.

"Thank you, Haruka! Now we can be together!"

The next day, Serena's coronation ceremony began and from then on, we were inseperable.