Chapter 111


    CAMILLA’S P.O.V


    Ryker went to answer it and it ended up being ra. I had no idea what she was doing in front of our


    door. He spoke to her for a while before she left and that was enough time for me to get the sleep out


    of my eyes. I was already on my feet and preparing to leave the room by the time he returned. I raised


    a brow in a silent question and he just shrugged in my direction.


    “Apparently she was lost and wandered over here but she couldn’t find her way back. I told her to ask


    one of the guards to direct here,” he exined and I hummed. “Where are you going?”


    “Training, I might as well just get it over with.”


    He looked like he wanted to protest but at thest minute, he said nothing and just allowed me walk


    past him. By the time I got to the training field, Loris was seated on the chair and tapping his foot


    impatiently. Once he saw me, he sighed and waited for me to approach before speaking.


    “Did


    you n toe, your majesty?” he asked and I shook my head. “I figured as much. Maybe next time


    you can inform me so I don’t spend half an hour sitting outside while I wait for you.”


    “I apologize. Things have been very hectictely with the vampires. A lot tends to slip my mind.”


    “I understand,” he gestured for me to begin and while I was working, he spoke again. “I heard there is


    someone new in the pce- a girl. Are the rumors true or unfounded?”


    “I never took you for a gossip, Loris,” I teased and he shrugged with a smile as if to say ‘it is what it is.


    “Yes, there is someone staying with us in the pce until further notice. She was attacked by the


    vampires and I have good reason to believe that they will try again. Now, are we going to stay here and


    gossip or are we actually going to train?”


    He smiled. “I believe it is my turn to offer up apologies, your majesty. Let us begin.”


    Training went on smoothly despite the fact that I was still unable to conjure up water from moisture. I


    was beginning to think it was a waste of time. I would have tagged it impossible but from where I stood,


    I wasn’t sure I would ever tag anything as impossible again considering that I now had two powers


    instead of one and the second was still some sort of a mystery and I couldn’t speak about it to anyone.


    I wanted to tell Loris considering that he had trained with both my father and mother on their powers


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    but I couldn’t. I couldn’t risk putting anyone else’s life in jeopardy because of my


    powers.


    “It seems like we have an admirer,” Loris spoke close to the end of training and I turned in time to see


    ra watching us from behind some bushes. I immediately dropped my hands making the water I had


    raised from the stream ssh back.


    “How did she get here?” I asked more to myself than him. I turned back to Loris. “I think we can stop


    there for today. I will see you tomorrow.”


    He didn’t protest or say a word as he stood to his feet and walked away. I made my way over to ra


    and she panicked briefly when she noticed that she had been caught. She instantly dropped her face to


    the ground and began fiddling with her fingers anxiously. I gave her a warm smile to let her know I


    wasn’t upset but she couldn’t even meet my eyes to see it.


    “Are you alright?” I asked and she nodded. “Do you need something or did you get lost again?”


    “Not at all, your majesty, I was just taking a walk when I felt that there were people around. I decided to


    go and investigate. I should have left but it was just so beautiful to watch. I have never seen anything


    like it before.”


    “You don’t have to exin,” I assured her but I could tell that she still felt guilty. “I tend to be a little


    curious myself but this side of the pce is off limits to a lot of people. Do you understand?”


    She nodded immediately. “I promise you that it will not happen again.”


    “Good, I can walk you back in if you would like.”


    We walked back into the pce together and I was making my way back to my room when the


    physician rushed up to me. He looked panicked and terrified. There was a light bead of sweat on his


    face and his clothes looked like a mess. I instantly stopped in my tacks because I knew that something


    was wrong. He was always so put together and now he was theplete opposite.


    “You can go back to your room,” I said to ra not wanting her to hear anything that could be said. She


    nodded and rushed off and once she was a few feet away, I turned back to the physician. “What is


    wrong?”


    “My son,” he could barely get the words out due to the rapid rising and falling of his chest. “I can’t find


    my son. He hasn’t returned from going to get herbs and I just know that something bad has happened


    to him.”


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    “I’ll get Ryker and we will meet you.”


    “Your majesty, my son is missing in the woods. He could possibly be dead.”


    “I know that, but I cannot go running into the woods blindly to save him. I just need you to sit still in your


    office while I get Ryker. We will take some guards and we will find your son.”


    He didn’t look like he wanted to leave but I called over some guards to ensure that he made it safely to


    his office. I mind linked Ryker immediately and told him what happened. Within two minutes, he had


    found his way to my side. He looked conflicted and very frustrated but he said nothing as we went to


    the physician’s quarters. The physician was a mess and so was his office but we had to put on a brave


    face for him.


    “Tell me where your son was going, I will personally go with some guards to check the area and make


    sure that he is brought back to you,” Ryker said to the old man.


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    “He went to the woods behind the pce. There are some saffron leaves there and I needed some for


    the poultice that I was making. I would usually go by myself but I am getting older and my back hurts


    sometimes. He didn’t want to go but I forced him.”


    “it is not your fault,” I whispered but the old man wasn’t listening to me. I turned to Ryker. “Come, we


    have a boy to find.”


    Once we were out of the room, Ryker grabbed my hand. “You are noting with us. I have no idea


    what we are going to encounter out there. I don’t want you where it isn’t safe.”


    “I aming whether you like it or not. The way I see it, you can either agree or you can spend the


    entire time being upset about it,” I shot back and he frowned. “I cannot just sit here and do nothing. I


    want to help and I need to make sure that the boy gets back to his family. I don’t even know his name.”


    Ryker hesitated for a second before sighing. “You have to stay close to me and do not wander off. I


    don’t care what you see. Am I clear?”


    I nodded and it was settled. We carried an entire battalion of guards and spies to go searching in the


    woods. The space behind the pce wasrge and the sun was already beginning to set so we had to


    split up into three groups. We had less than three hours to search and return to the pce before the


    sun set and we officially became food for the vampires but we were determined to do it right and find


    the boy.


    The first hour proved to be fruitless and I could tell that Ryker was losing hope. We were getting into a


    denser part of the forest when I felt someone staring at me. I turned


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    in time to see a pair of red eyes in the trees. I was about to yell vampire when he put his hands to his


    lips. I looked around and it was amazing that no one else but me had noticed him. He stepped out from


    behind the trees a little and I realized that he was the vampire who had led me to stair all those


    weeks ago.


    I was confused as to why he was out until he jerked his thumb over his shoulder. I immediately


    understood what he was saying. He disappeared almost immediately and I turned to Ryker.


    “I think I saw something there,” his brows furrowed but he nodded and gestured for the guards to follow


    us.


    I just hoped the vampire wasn’t leading us into a trap. The trees were denser in that part of the forest


    and a lot harder to navigate but we managed to get through. As we got further, I smelled something


    that had my body tensing.


    “Do you smell that?” I asked and Ryker nodded.


    “Blood.”


    We pushed through the trees until we got to a clearing. There was no body but there was blood around.


    It wasn’t enough to think that someone had died but it was enough to know that they were badly


    wounded. I wasn’t sure who it belonged to until I saw the coat on the floor. Ryker ordered one of the


    guards to pick it up and as soon as it was disyed, I had to shut my eyes.


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    “It’s his,” I whispered and Ryker nodded.


    “Mark this area, it is gettingte. We wille back tomorrow and investigate further. Take the coat


    with you,” he turned to me. “How did you know he was here? What did you see?”


    “A vampire told me.”