That morning Elinor woke up later than usual, it was already eight o'clock in the morning when she opened her eyes and by the time she was out of bed and ready it was already half past nine o'clock.She was so listless that she wondered if she would ever get to Oreland, Nathan’s territory, in time to help the kidnapped girl.She was still stunned since the last night.Thankfully, Will took her misstep lightly joking about him and Stella being brother and sister.Elinor had driven the rest of the road her fingers clenched on the steering wheel as she tried not to get into her mind too much and start speeding again in the middle of the night.As she had her breakfast, she went over the route she was going to take one last time and she was ready to leave the minute the examinees got out of the exam.“Have a safe trip, Miss. I will be waiting for your reassurance that you’ll be okay.” Nacy said as she curtsied.“I will be okay, his majesty’s men will be there,” she reassured the older wom

Azeph watched as the car sped down the road taking Elin away with her.Nathan was still fuming spurting out nonesence as he lamented his fate. Azeph turned toward him coldly, he was wasting time lookibg for someone to blame while he could be woth his familly supporting them through this.There was nothing Azeph despised more than people who are lookibg for someone to blame for their miseries.“ shouldn’t you be making your way back home to be with your familly?” Azeph asked and Nathan paused looking back at him his eyes wide with hatred and anger.“Azeph…” Will called his voice a soft warning“What do you know about this?! What do you know about losing a member of your familly,” Azeph turned around and looked at him, he didn’t know why he was annoyed like this. There was something that had been bothering him since he saw Elin leaving. “Do you think you’re the only one with problems? Since you met Elin earlier that week you’ve been pushing your problems on her hoping that she would m

Elinor stood there watching the two men who came all the way over from the academy because they were worried about her.She felt bad for doing this to them, but nonetheless it had to be done.No one can refuse a royal order and technically she wad still a royal even of she lost her statue as the crown princess she was still part of the royal family. And she was on a mission by his majesty.She loathes using her status against people she considered friends. After this there will be a wedge forming between them making sire things never returned to how they were before.Because there was no way they could disobey an order in the name of his majesty. Not someone as honorable, as patriotic as Azeph anyway.“Is that how you’re going to play it?” Azeph asked sounding more calm than she expected.“You left me with no choice,” she said, “ I can’t let you as students risk your lives in a mission like this, please return back home and forget about it,” she told them softening her tone now that s

When the mud supporting Elin’s arms gave out beneath her, she slipped. As she started falling down the cliff, her life started flashing before her eyes.That’s it, she was going to die. Just when she was this close to getting to her first lead. The road was still long before her. She needed to fulfil her promise.That’s when everything became too clear in her head.That’s when she felt a hand grab her halting her fall. “Hang on,” Azeph gritted pulling her back in one pull. He circled his arm around her waist pulling her up and taking her up as they fell to the ground her on top of him.“Are you alright?” Azeph asked as he sat her up and began patting her arms.“I-I’m okay,” she told him her voice trembling and he sighed leaning foreword pressing his head to hers.“Thank god,” he said, “I would have never forgiven myself if something happened to you,” he added his eyes strained with worry.Elinor’s heart pounded still with the shock of what happened. But when she saw Azeph lean down,

After Elinor left, more people came, more knights, investigators and even some people from internal affairs from the castle.Even Nathan And his two friends finally came looking tired and frightened. And the way things proceeded, it was as if Elinor had never been there.The commander had ordered both Azeph and Will to stand back in one of the carriages. It seemed like he wished to hide their presence there too. Later on, one of the internal affairs officer who happened to be one of Will’s relatives came into the carriage.“You two must be frustrated,” he said after greeting them, “after everything you did, his majesty still wishes to hide your presence here today,” “Not at all, I understand it’s for a good reason. Is it to hide Elinor Pendragon’s presence here,” Will askedThe man’s eyes widened for a moment before he chuckled.“Honestly, these familiarities that you use in the academy are alway catching me off guard,” he said, “Yes, hiding her highness’s presence is something cruc