Pitter Patter

Thinking up to that point Hao Xuan got worried that Princess Helena might not know the way either. He wanted to ask her about it but remembered her incessant warnings of not making too much noise.

And since the stone bridge was too small to even have two people walk side by side, they had to move in a single file with her at the front and Hao Xuan at the very back, making it more than a little challenging to have a conversation.

'Damn it!'

He cursed inwardly a few times before giving up. All he could do now was hope she knew her way around, even though it was maybe the second or third time she was using this passage.

Princess Helena, the first female guard, Princess Inara, the second female guard, Uri, Ma Jiang and then finally Hao Xuan at the end. That was the group's layout as they slowly navigated the seemingly endless labyrinth one measured step at a time.