(A/N: Thank you all for your patronage! I hope you are all enjoying Prince Heiko and Cele's adventure so far! And feel free to ship - there's a roiling and stormy sea of romance ahead! (Get it? Ship? Sea? Lol, I'm a comedian) Please be aware that this part was revised, and thus may possess some minor grammar errors. Please let me know if you find any in the comments, and I hope you enjoy!
~ Higgins)
Cele awoke abruptly to hands seizing and subduing him. His first instinct was to resist, to fight, and he did, but there were far too many of them – something he realized a bit too late, after he was forced into an uncomfortable joint-lock by two attackers.