...The Attack...
Anastasia was quite excited to know what the commander will tell her the day after they kissed.
" Will he also confess to me since he was the one who kissed me first? or he will ask me to forget about it? Well, it doesn't matter because I'm sure that he has feelings for me. "
But her excitement faded away...
A week has passed without any progress. Valdimir didn't say a word to her since that day, which made Anastasia pissed.
" So, he decided to ignore it!... Alright, I will play this game. "
Though that Valdimir has been showing up every night at dinnertime, they kept only looking at each other from afar. Neither one of them dared to initiate.
Sergio noticed that his commander has been distracted most of the time.
- Commander, is there something wrong? You can tell me, maybe I can help you.
And without hesitation, Valdimir answered:
- I kissed lady Anastasia...
Sergio became shocked when he heard his commander saying that with a calm face.
- YOU...YOU DID WHAT? YOU...K....KISSED HER?
- Yeah...
He took some moments to understand it. At that moment, A lot of things that happened made sense to him.
- So, are you a couple right now?
- We haven't spoken since that day.
- Why? Didn't you do it because you like her?
Valdimir didn't respond to that...
- Was it a mistake?
- No, it wasn't, but I'm in no position to start a relationship with her. She is a soldier in the camp and she is noble.
- Does that really matter?
- Of course, it does. I'm the commander of the army and the war will soon break up. I don't have either time or energy for this kind of thing.
- What about the lady? Did she like you too?
- She confessed to me...
- She did?
- Yeah, but she knows that we can't be together in these circumstances.
Sergio understood why his commander was worried. Being the commander means that he will be targeted all the time. He must stay alert and focused or many men can be dead because of him.
- Alright, if you decided to let her go, then do it, but remember one thing. She won't stay in the corner waiting for you forever. Someone else will surely snatch her away. If that doesn't matter to you, then you didn't love her in the first place.
Valdimir couldn't bare the thought that Anastasia will be with someone else, it made his blood boil out of anger.
- I don't have any idea about what should I do with her. She must be waiting for me to talk to her.
- Take a few more days to think then you must make things clear between the two of you...
Sergio couldn't push him any further, Valdimir must decide on his own.
At night, Anastasia was in her tent preparing herself to get into bed.
- My lady, did the commander talk to you today either?
Anastasia sighed:
- I think he will never do it...
- But he is the one who kissed you!
- Maybe he regretted it and he has been avoiding talking to me so I can understand that on my own.
- I don't think so.
- Why?
- Indeed, he is a tough man, but he is not a coward. I'm sure that he will talk to you sooner or later.
After a couple of hours, when she was about to sleep, she heard some noises coming from the outside.
" What is this? Is there someone wandering this late?
She wanted to ignore it, but she couldn't.
Lucia was sleeping soundly beside her, so she stood up carefully and took a look.
It was too dark to see anything but the noises didn't stop which made her more curious. She kept watching until she Suddenly saw two men walking beside her tent. They were covering their faces which made Anastasia very suspicious.
" Who are they?
At that moment, Anastasia rememberd why Valdimir forbade anyone to walk around the camp at night.
" Are they spying on us?"
The two men were looking around while whispering.
- Where do you think is the commander's tent?
- I don't know, let's keep looking. We must finish the job before dawn.
- Don't worry, we are more than twenty men, this time we can kill him easily. Just make sure to not wake up the soldiers.
- Yeah, we will set him up this time. We should allure him to the trap, then the others will do the rest.
When Anastasia heard their plan, she backed off right away:
- What? Twenty assassins? I must warn him...
She waited for a bit until they got away, then she sneaked out from the back of her tent and headed immediately to valdimir's. And without any notice, she broke in while he was laying on his bed.
He was very surprised when he saw her at that hour.
- Lady Anastasia, I know that I'm wrong for not talking to you, but coming into my tent at this hour is a bit...
Anastasia jumped on him then she covered his mouth:
- Shu...don't say a word.
Valdimir didn't understand anything until he heard some footsteps outside that tent...
Anastasia whispered in his ear:
- They are about twenty men and they are planning to allure you to some kind of a trap.
Valdimir flipped her and went on top of her. He looked at her surprised face while smiling:
- I think you are underestimating me, my lady.
Suddenly, an assassin went into the tent and immediately attacked them. Valdimir pulled out his sword from under his pillow and killed him right away. His blood splashed on Anastasia who stiffened in her place while looking shocked.
Valdimir noticed how shocked and terrified she was. He reached his hand to her, then he stepped back.
- STAY HERE....DON'T LEAVE THE TENT NO MATTER WHAT.....
After saying those words, he stormed out while swinging his sword.