Help Needed
To do that, I need the prince’s help.
‘What about this? You can ask me for anything if you can win a game…’
I could remember the promise that we made to each other. If I could beat him at one game of Gomoku, he would grant anything that I wished for as long as I didn’t ask to sit on the throne as the next king. The real issue about that was my failure to beat him. Not even once did I win against him although I did come close to it a couple of times. I could still recall the way the prince smiled and congratulated me on ‘almost’ beating him. I would have taken things even more seriously if I knew that I would need his help like I needed it now.
“Desmond…I…I need your help,” I manage to spit out.