"..." Armani looked out at the frozen forms of everyone in the throne room.
"It's all been for nothing," he muttered, sitting down heavily.
"I thought I was saving the princess's life by doing this but I was ending it to save yours. And now that we're here, what can I do? I can't fight you. All that seems likely to do is make sure both of you die. I never wanted either of you to get hurt."