CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

No time was wasted.

Upon hearing that the prince’s betrothed might be travelling towards danger, no more words were said. Auria’s group mounted their horses and bade their general farewell. Leo and Valen did the same and went the opposite way. Aidan directed the troops under his command to do an every-hour patrol around the perimeter as a precaution.

The king was unable to stop his son.

Prince Lysander accepted the bag of provisions from his sister Lily before mounting his own horse. He was dressed in light armor and woodsman garb, a long ash bow strapped across his broad shoulders, his quiver of arrows by his saddle. He wore his anti-magic amulet around his neck and his family emblem around his wrist.

After what happened last night with those creatures, he had vowed that he would do everything in his power to ensure his sisters’ safety. He will do everything even if it means he would have to forfeit his life.