Chapter 234: Brothers against brother.
Standing in the pouring snow, surrounded by red and white knights whose cloaks were rippling furiously in the air, three brothers faced off. Prince Roland, the mage knight was holding his two pronged sword in his right hand, it was glowing with red energy. Beside him stood Prince Galen, clad in the armor of a white knight, his sword almost new as it had rarely been in battle. Together, they faced an armed Prince Benjamin, the common enemy who wielded a sword and a shield.
The members of the royal family that had been made aware of the possibility of one one of their own killing another gathered, faces weary and confused. Majority of them were not aware of what had resulted in brothers turning against their own brother.
Some were urging the knights to stop them, others wanted to intervene but the intimidating magic around Roland’s sword warned them away.
So, when Sigrid and Elarin arrived, they looked at them with hope, thinking that the crown princess could perhaps talk sense into Roland. Romilda, especially was on tenterhooks, worried about the outcome of the fight.
"Good, you have finally come to your senses and come out to stop him." Princess Romilda pulled on Sigrid’s arm.
She shrugged her arm out of Romilda’s hand and yelled out, "As long as you don’t kill him, all will be well."
Romilda’s lips thinned into an angry line but Sigrid ignored it. She folded her arms across her chest and readied her eyes to enjoy the beat down. Benjamin had known what Emmah had been planning when she testified against the Thorin’s accusing them of hiding gold mines.
He had not so much as given Benjamin a heads up or thought to help them. In her eyes, he was an enemy in the same category as Emmah. If he died, she would not be so sad.
She also vividly recalled the day the queen was caught in bed with a man and woman, Benjamin had been salivating at the opportunity to publicize the scandal and become the next crown prince. She had no mercy for him.