The feeling of the imagery is wonderful (of course very talented too). I adore how helpless and dependent the female is in constrast to how mighty and open postured her protector seems. This just screams a combo of a whispered "Nothing will hurt you..." and as the enemy approaches I can just hear his tone change towards the perspective of the image, illuminating the magic of his blades even brighter and saying some iconic line: "You shall not have her." I don't know if you implied it, but there is a subltle sense of in-check desperation on his face (mainly due to the upward glance and unkempt hair in his face). Lovely job on the finer details- embers and water ripples