Kael faced the Demon King for hours.
His sword could wound the creature, but every blow he took made his body bleed.
When Kael finally dropped to his knees, Lyria ran to him.
“You promised you’d come back!”
Kael tried to smile.
“And I did...”
She embraced him, crying.
That night, the two of them sat together by the campfire.
Lyria revealed that she had discovered something terrible: the Demon King wasn’t after the kingdom.
He was after Kael.
“Why?”
She looked into his blue eyes.
“Because you’re not just human.”
Kael fell silent.
For the first time, his pride disappeared.