The return of the forgotten Princess [Sacrifice - Part II]

-- POV General --

"L-Long time no see huh, b-big brother"

These words, uttered as a whisper, had the effect of a cannonball launched at full speed into the stomach, stunning the Prince on the spot. Was it really true ? The face he'd thought he'd never see again was right in front of him, Alayna was here, she was alive. She was alive and he had tried to kill her ? Impossible, yet it was indeed her blood that now flowed on the dark floor, the blood he himself had caused to be spilled. 

"You...ho-..."

For the first time Erzian didn't know what to say or do, he who had long believed his sister was dead. Everything was so sudden, a wave of emotions swept over him to the point where he could no longer discern anything. Was it relief ? Anger ? Astonishment ? Joy ? Or perhaps disappointment ? The young man's face twisted into different expressions, not even knowing himself what he was feeling, knotted up in his own mind.