Thalmas tucked her in than lay down beside her, not too close, but close enough to give her comfort, and he looked at the ceiling as she spoke to him, a slight twitch of his lips revealing what may have been a smile. "Princess, It's my job to protect you and to take care of you when your family cannot. So please, do not apologize." he said, and sighed, turning to look into her eyes, letting his hand stroke her hair comfortingly. "Of course. You'll make an amazing queen. What I'm more worried about is if your prince will make a good k..." he was cut off by the sound of banging and swords clanking outside, smelling something odd, he got up and looked outside to see the town burning down to ashes, and slowly screams of agony, pain, and terror reached his ears, and he instinctively barred the doors, going over to the balcony again to look for a flag, or anything to give away who it was, and when he found the blck flag with the symbol... he simply snarled, moving with inhuman speed to get very few things the princess would need before picking her up.

"We have to leave. We're under attack..." he said, deciding not to tell her by whom... It was clear that a certain kingdom was not ready for peace with the princess's....

A banging came from the door of her rooms and he swifting ran for the balcony, holding the princess firmly in his arms and jumping, letting them fall until he was at a good speed, than opening his wings and giving two powerful strokes they were flying safely above the chaos below them, but the scent of burning flesh and huts still wafted up at them as Thalmas flew. And it was that way until at least an hour later, when he landed near a lake, bordered entirely by thick forests and mountains.

With the princess still in his arms, he walked over to what seemed to be nothing but a drop off of a large hill, but once her moved aside moss, a door became visible, and there was a slot in the center of it that fit perfectly with the royal amulet around Thalmas' neck, and without so much as a thought he fit it into the slot, and the doors moved aside, revealling a large refuge tht was carved out of a cave. "This is the area I was told to come to shouldthe palace ever be attcked.: he said simply, setting her on her feet inside the cave and going over to a few torches, snapping his fingers and they all lit instantly. "I didn't give you time for explanation, but there is time enough for that later. For now, rest... Because of this crisis, I don't believe I will turn back at dawn... But just in case, don't leave this cave." he said, his voice held a sence of severity and authority for the moment as he set up a small place for her to sleep with just two blanket he managed to fit into her largest bag.

It would surprise the Princess how much he'd actually managed to get, but then again, thalmas had a lot of magic on his side, and she had only seen the beginning of it.

[[ going to bed. sorry for crap-ups in spelling but it's one of those times when I just couldn't sleep and I wanted to give a reply real quick. =) ]]