She'd Told Him She Didn't Need Him For Two Years He Stayed | HFY Romance

They Attacked the Princess But They Didn't Know Her Human Friend Was a Deadly Warrior She told him at their first meeting: "I do not require a human shadow." He said he understood. Then he kept following her anyway. For two years he went where she went. Stood where she stood. Handled the geometry — the exits, the angles, the hands he couldn't see. She led. He followed. She handled diplomacy. He handled everything else quietly. Then eight Keth raiders came out of a damaged facility entrance and arranged themselves between them and their shuttle. She said: "Rael. There are eight of them." He scanned the formation and said: "Give me about forty seconds." She said he'd need more time than that. She was almost right. It took forty-one. Eight Keth raiders. Forty-one seconds. Rifle used as a strike weapon for the first two. The gap in their hesitation used for the next three. Confined geometry used against them for the last three. When it was over she stood exactly where she had been standing and looked at the formation of fallen raiders and said, very precisely: "Forty-one seconds." He said he'd been aiming for forty. She revised her assessment. Completely. Out loud. Because she was precise about being wrong when she was wrong. This is an original HFY Romance Sci-Fi story about a bodyguard who never announced what he was, a princess who said she didn't need protecting, and forty-one seconds that changed everything. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly HFY Romance & Sci-Fi stories 👍 Like if "I'll work on it" was the perfect ending line 💬 Comment: Did the princess's laugh at the end get you? #HFYRomance #HFYSciFi #HumanBodyguard #AlienPrincess #HumanityFightingBack