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“peter said get out of here!”

edmund stares at the sight of the witch moving through battle with ease. he knows what peter said, what peter is trying to do. he is relying on edmund to get their sisters to safety while he stays to fight a losing battle and oh, edmund understands. he does, and he wishes it were that easy. he wishes more than anything to find susan and lucy and to make sure they never see the battlefield. but here edmund is, frozen with terror, watching the witch get closer and closer to his stupidly heroic brother. he knows what she will do, what the reason behind her cruel smile is. and he can’t. he can’t let her do it again. not to peter, not while edmund yet draws breath.

steel sings, his knuckles white around the hilt of his sword. one last defiance, edmund thinks to himself grimly. 

one final betrayal. 

“peter’s not king yet.” and he runs.