Chapter 25

"Let’s get back to the castle," Landon tells me softly. "There's nothing more we can do for him."

Together, we walk to the horses, which we left tied to a tree not far from the carriage.

"Em!" I suddenly hear someone call out. I turn around to see a blond woman of about twenty years old run towards us.

"Sam!" I exclaim as I run towards her, closely followed by Chris and Landon. As I reach her, I throw my arms around her and squeeze her tightly.

"Excuse me. Em, who is this?" Chris asks, snapping me out of my trance.

I pull back and turn to the boys. "Right, sorry. Landon, Chris, this is Samantha. Sam, these are Landon and Chris."

"Nice to meet ya," Sam says as she curtsies a bit clumsily.

"Hey," both guys say, obviously not sure how to react.

"So I see you've found your family," Sam says, turning to me again.