– 4 Days Until the Mission Deadline –
Oliver Khan had once again subdued the princess. Barely standing, he staggered under the weight of exhaustion as he carried her limp body back to her room.
He had to hurry and clean up the destruction from their fight before she woke. But the scale of these nightly battles was growing by the day, and it was only a matter of time before it could no longer be concealed.
As he held her in his arms, a crushing pressure bore down on his broad shoulders.
He had kept her locked in an illusion .. one where everything was still fine.
Guarding the princess by day. Battling her by night. A cycle that had repeated endlessly over the past few weeks.
Oliver couldn't even remember the last time he'd slept. Yes, he was an SS rank warrior. A man revered as the equal of Mist Umbra, master of the Shadow Court .
But even he had limits.
The solution was simple: kill her, and everything would end.
But that was the one thing Oliver could never do.
