Convincing (1)

Annalise expected the worst when she and Rafael returned to where they left everyone, but as they rode back and the two armies were in view, she found that they had gone back to holding off on their sides while her father and a knight were in the middle.

There were more people than she would like lying on the ground and from their distance, she couldn't make out who had fallen. It appeared that they had gotten into a fight, but somehow stopped and were now talking. 

It wasn't long before their return was noticed and Phillip was the first to ride out to meet her then the knight he was speaking with followed. 

"What are the odds they ended the war without us?" Annalise asked, confused as to why they weren't fighting. What stopped them?