Goodbye

He placed her sitting down on the snow, knowing that her legs were injured.

"Where are you going?" she held onto his arm before he could move to rise.

Zeke sighed, closing his eyes.

"I didn't know that the witch queen-to-be would actually be defeated by falling rocks," he said, avoiding the question and causing Alicia to frown at him.

"I got drained from trying to keep your men alive!!!" she retorted. She couldn't believe that those were the first words this man would say to her.

"Well, you did do a good job keeping them alive," he nonchalantly answered. "Now let go. I have to go."

"Wait… where are you going?" She clasped onto him even harder. "Are you going to that woman? Please, explain all this! Why? Why are you doing this?"