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Will quietly walked toward the fields. He felt bad for not coming out to them for the past three days, for not seeing Alina.

Alina was already there as usual, silently finishing her water painting . She kept making small mistakes, too distracted by her thoughts.

Will looked around for her. "Alina?" He called out quietly.

She looked up. "Will? Is that you?"

"Yeah." He said quietly, spotting her. Will walked over. He was wearing his normal jeans but a black hoodie instead of a t shirt. He winced when he laid down on the ground by her and quickly tried to hide it. Will had a faint black eye and a bruise on his jaw, not counting the three broken ribs.

"Are you okay?" She frowned, noticing how uncomfortably he moved. She aimed the flashlight directly at him and instantly noticed the bruise on his jaw first. "Will, what on earth happened to you?"

"A fight." Will shrugged like it wasn't a big deal.

"What type of fight? With whom?" She kept her sketchbook and flashlight on the ground and moved closer. She touched the bruise. "Where else did you get injured?"

He winced when she touched the bruise. "Ow." He muttered. "I'm fine." Will told her.

"No, you're not. Please don't lie to me. I hate it when people lie to me." She sighed. "Tell me the truth. Where else did you get injured?"

"Let's see, black eye, jaw, concussion, oh. And three broken ribs." Will listed calmly. He stared at the sky, nervous about how she would react.

"Oh, Will." She hugged him. "How did this happen?"

Will winced. "Doesn't matter." He muttered, biting down on his lip.

"To me it does." She told him firmly. "Did you start it?"

"Yeah. I threw the first punch." Will remembered what happened.

She sighed. "Why would you do that?"

"I had a good reason to." Will protested.

"And what is that reason?" She asked a bit warily.

"He was messing with a girl. Grabbing her. Treating her like he owned her.. So I punched him, fight went from there." Will shrugged.

"Well, its good and nice that you cared about that girl but you got injured very badly." She sighed. "Does it hurt?"

"Ribs, yes. Face, somewhat. Head, no." Will replied quietly.

She closed her eyes and leaned against him. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine. I'll heal up and be fine in a few days." Will replied. "So how've you been these past three days?"

"I've been okay." She lied. "Just a bit worried."

"What's going on?" He asked, catching how her voice sounded. Will guessed she was lying.

"Nothing for you to worry about." She hesitated, not wanting to tell him.

"You can tell me, I'll keep it to myself. Besides, you were probably worried when I suddenly was gone for these few days. I can worry about you..." Will spoke quietly, looking at her.

She looked down at his fingers. "No, it's just...there was this stupid attack on our castle.." She murmured, then spoke a bit louder. "There was an assassination to exterminate me."

Will frowned. "From your own side or mine?" Will asked worriedly, looking at her.

"We don't know." She sighed, setting her chin on his shoulder. "Dad says its yours, but no one really knows."

Will sighed. "Well, I haven't heard anything about any of our side sneaking over or any assassination missions..." He spoke quietly, biting his lip.

"I don't know. I don't wanna talk about it." She closed her eyes.

"Okay." Will nodded. He dropped the subject.

"If there was one thing," She said softly after a few minutes, "One thing you could do right before you do. One precious thing. What would it be?"

"Hmm.." Will fell silent, thinking for a moment.

She waited for a bit, playing with his fingers.

He looked at his hands. He smiled, seeing the ring on his ring finger.

"What's this?" She tapped the ring.

Will took off the ring, which actually was two thin bands. One black. One silver. He tilted the silver one to show the engraving on the inside.

She squinted. "I'm sorry, its too dark. What does it say?"

"The black one says 'Darkness cannot exist..' And the silver one says, 'without light.'" Will smiled faintly.

She smiled. "Well, you're just full of surprises. When did you get it?" She stroked his fingers.

"Not too long ago." Will shrugged, slipping the rings back on his finger.

She closed her eyes again, relaxing against him.

Will looked over at her, smiling faintly.

"Will?" She asked in a slow voice. "Can I ask you something?"

"Yeah, go ahead." Will nodded.

"Do you think what we're doing is wrong?" She sighed. "Meeting up like this, defying laws."

"No. It may be to the sides but it doesn't feel wrong..." Will said quiet.