Ch. 51: Miss You Already

“You’ll share that I got one with an arrow, but not the scissors?” She laughed. Technically, she didn’t kill the man with the scissors, but it was still a fun story.

“I might mention the shears too, but that’s not quite as intimidating,” he answered with a playful grin.

“True. Aren’t you glad you got such a feisty princess? I might even make up for the fact that my father is so ill-prepared,” she laughed. “You can tell him even the princess is trained to kill…” it wasn’t entirely a falsehood. She wasn’t trained, but she had killed a man.

“Oh! You should take one of my arrows back!” she offered. “He doesn’t need to know I’m the only one with diamond-tipped arrows. They’re fairly intimidating.” She smirked. “I know I won’t get it back, but it’ll be worth it if it will sell the story better.” She figured most likely once he showed the arrow to the man, he would want the diamond for himself, but one lost arrow was not the end of the world. She could have more made. “If I hadn’t cleaned