The Princess and the Guard

They started merely

As a princess and a guard

A woman of royalty,

Sworn to one day claim the throne

A guard, tethered to a different nation's king

He was sworn to live and die by the blade,

Wielded to shield his Majesty from strife

Never

Should they have been more than enemies

It should've stayed just as it did

In the beginning

Two people

Separated by origin,

Facing off in the name of fealty

But, of course,

Fate rarely allows life to be so easy

Clashes on the battlefield

Soon morphed into clandestine meetings

Conducted at the strike of midnight

Quickly, the princess and guard

Became lovers,

Constantly longing to see one another

Their thoughts were always of each other

With each heated kiss,

They became more enamored

Although their chosen path

Would be rife with adversity

Stalwart, side by side,

The lovers would weather it

Forever together