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Summary: The day after reuniting with your mage lover, they find you and struggle to figure out what to do next.

This is a sequel to this script.

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Princess?

No, it's nothing. I just . . . it's odd seeing you here. Unexpected.

No, love, not unwanted--unexpected. I mean, yesterday I was convinced that I would be able to kill you just so I could exact my revenge. And look how well that turned out.

[kiss]

Yes, it seems that even I--the cold hearted villain of this tale--am not immune to the charms of love.

Are you comfortable here? I'm sure it must be lacking compared to the palace.

You're sure? You don't need to flatter me. If it bothers you, speak up.

All right.

We must talk of what is to come now. I have not changed my mind. I will make your family pay. I will attack the castle. People will die. Your father preferably. Even if he doesn't, I will make him regret the day he exiled the mages. Which brings me to you, Princess. My plan had been to deliver your dead body to him. But now, that option is off the table. I'm sure, by now, they've figured out that I have you. I know your father is a coward who would never risk his own life, but I'm sure knights have been dispatched. How would you have me handle them?

My choice would be to kill them. But I know you view them as innocent, thus, if you have a solution, I will listen.

A cloaking spell? If I coupled that with a misdirection, then perhaps the knights wouldn't even end up here. Very well. That is what I shall do. For your sake.

Don't thank me. I don't care about their lives. They can die for all I care. Are you sure you're okay with this? I have blood on my hands, Princess. Lives have been ruined by me. Can you truly look at me and say you love me?

Your conscience is clear?

Fine. So be it.

No, I'm upset. Not with you, at least. I just . . . [angry sigh] It's hard for me to explain. I see you--see your kind heart and your wish for this to end peacefully--and it pains me. I cannot do that. Whenever I sleep, you know what I see? Blood, Princess. Rivers of blood and lifeless eyes. People calling out for help as knights slaughter them. I want my revenge. If not for my sake, then for theirs.

I know that! The dead are gone. But does that mean the desire to avenge them should just disappear as well? I . . . I cannot do that. I will not. Do you think I jest when I say I will destroy the kingdom? I mean it, Princess. I will kill everyone and anyone who gets in my way.

Stop saying that. Love cannot solve this. My love for you doesn't cancel out my thirst for revenge. But it makes it . . . hard to keep things separate. Are you truly okay with your choice? Your people will never forgive you.

[kiss]

No, love, I don't doubt you. You're the one thing I can be assured of. The one constant in my twisted life.

Why would you bring that up?

We were children, for one thing, and you dared me that I couldn't create a palace made out of flowers. So, of course, being the stubborn the child I was, I did it. It's not my fault it collapsed immediately after you stepped into it. My magic has gotten a lot better than then, thank you very much.

No, love, you have that wrong. Maybe you viewed us as the same, but I knew, even then, that I was different. That's why you hid me, isn't it? Kept me safe from your father whenever he came to your side of the castle. Hiding me with the servants, claiming I was the child of some chef or butler. You saved my life back then, love. Did you know that?

[passionate kiss]

I don't know what to do anymore.

No, I don't and it infuriates me. If you had died yesterday, it all would've been so simple. But now that you're here in my arms, I'm wavering. And it makes me so angry. But I also . . . I'm also glad that I'm not going through with it.

[sighing] No. Leave me be. I need to think. Alone.

[footsteps out]

You're a fool, [your name]. How could you let them sway you? I need to get over this. I need to stick to the plan, no matter what happens.