AU || Knight Zayne/Princess MC
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The sound of the wedding march.
It was meant to be a sound that brought excitement, anticipation, and a feeling of wonder. It was meant to represent a welcome for a bride dressed in white as she prepared to meet her beloved at the alter.
Yet even as it echoed in the distance, it still landed on the ears of the knight who had had stepped down from his duties earlier that morning. To him, it filled him with nothing but regret, sorrow, and a feeling of hollowness.
It reminded him of a love he held for the princess he now previously served that would never be able to be.
“What do you mean he resigned?” The word felt bitter as it rolled off your tongue with disbelief in your tone. Your eyes blew wide as they landed on the maiden who stood in the doorway of your dressing quarters, her complexion as pale as snow as she delivered the news.
Lifting your hand, you silently requested the others who tended to your hair and makeup, readying it for the ceremony, to cease their actions. And they did.
There was no explanation able to be provided from the maiden, just a mere passing of words that rattled your very bones and sent a numbness through you that caused you to move without thought, carrying you mindlessly through the motions until you stood at the doors that gradually swung open into the church’s grand entrance.
How could he? How could he choose now of all times? He was meant to be your protector. He was meant to be the one who stayed to keep you safe.
So why, now knowing of his absence, of his departure, did you suddenly feel so…vulnerable?
Your gaze falls on the Prince who stands at the end of the alter, a beaming smile gracing his handsome features as he watches you approach. Until…
Murmured whispers circle around you, filling your ears with a white noise that makes your thoughts and realizations crescendo. A burning sensation builds behind your eyes and a blurriness fades at the edges of your vision.
Your feet have stopped. A path half traveled stands before and behind you.
“I…I’m sorry…” Your hushed words are loud in the silence and the dropping of the bouquet in your hands sends tremors through yourself and those around you.
You cannot marry the Prince.
You cannot be with someone who does not have the level of devotion you have cherished all of these years. You cannot be with someone whose arms who do not feel like the safest of havens. You cannot be with someone whom you do not truly love.
And the only one you have ever felt that way towards is…
“Zayne!”
Gathering the fluffed white garment adorning you into your hands, you rush out of the church, tearing through the streets with the cry of his name and wild eyes in search of raven-colored hair and gentle hazel eyes.
And just on the horizon, standing before the kingdom’s gates, you see him as he swivels around at the call of his name, an instinct within him acting as he hears the most beautiful sound he knows.
Rushing forward, you cling to him, the weight of his embrace grounding you as you weep against his chest.
“Are you mad?” He pulls back, cupping your face in his hands as he searches your gaze.
“I cannot be with someone who does not provide the feeling of security that my soul requires. And the only one to ever be able to do that…is you.” You breathe, shaking your head. “Don’t go. Or if you must, let me come with you. Just…be by my side.”