BETTER OFF WITHOUT HIM

The other three friends of Amy's brother were afraid, unlike him and the one with the knife. They had not expected that Bastian would show up, and knowing that he was a prince, they believed that there would be guards around.

So, one of them said to John, "Listen, I think we should back off now. I mean, he's a prince, and you know that attacking a royal."

"Shut up," John snapped at him, "Stop being a scaredy-cat. He might be a prince, but he's alone."

The other friend holding the knife said, "Oh, you all think we're joking here."

He put the knife around Amy's neck. However, Bastian said, "There's no need for all that. My hands are already raised, and I'm out of the way. Go ahead and do what you want, but do not harm my wife."

John smiled, "He's a coward after all, but a sensible one. Let's go."

Amy was in front with John's friend pointing a knife at her neck while he walked behind her. John and all the other three friends followed.

Just as they walked out of the street, Bastian