Julius and the Baron vanished into the crowd, still engaging. “Why? Why did you give up on us?” Julius questioned, skillfully diverting the Baron’s slashes.
“Don’t play innocent with me. I warned you so many times. I saw it coming from a mile away, and you just brushed it off like the others. But that’s not why I am here.”
“Then, why?”
“You know why. What have you told them, Julius? What have you told them about the truth?” Julius averted his gaze. “You haven’t told them anything, have you? You’re just as meek as you were back then. You’re not even a man, Julius. A real man wouldn’t lie to them, fed them false hopes. A real man could protect the ones he loved. No wonder she died. You were weak.”
Julius was furious. He parried the Baron’s next attack and knocked him to the ground with a
