I have the sword to protect you, but I don't have the crown to be with you.

Kate Sharma, the woman you fell for. she pursued you secretly and you both held your secret relationship, you and her would always meet up at the excluded balcony and would always hang out there.

but everything changed when she ghosted you, you tried to fix things but she already moved on with Anthony Bridgerton, it wasn't intentional, it was forced. but she loved him also, which made you question yourself.

when you witnessed the wedding as the Knight, you couldn't tear your gaze away. it's like, it was drawn to you, you had teared up but refured to show any emotion under the mask, but Kate looked at you with a look that you could only understand, you basically just looked away. you couldn't bare the thought of your lover loving someone else.

not long after, the king found out about the secret relationship thing and expelled you from being his knight, you became a normal person with part time jobs just to treat for your sick mother.

One day

Kate visited the bakery shop that your mother had built, you were running it and some of your staff aka siblings sees this. One of your siblings ran to you and called you, once you exit the back and walk in back inside, you see Kate with a desperate look.

once you both were alone, you stood by her, didn't say a word until she spoke

"come back." she said with a desperate tone of voice, her voice also cracking and it means that she's fighting her tears

"what?" you said, you already know how she feels but what?

"come back... to me... to protect me, to love me." she spoke softly, she turns to you with her desperate look and she held your hands.