The Start Of The Hunt

Winona's POV

"Are you ready, ladies?" The King's right hand shouted.

"Yes! We are ready!" We all shouted at the same time.

"Good to know, now I ask you to find a partner. Since you are composed of twenty candidates, you will be grouped into ten and two-person per group since we will be calling this a buddy system. You need to be with your buddy the entire ride in going to the Orio forest. It would be better to get a partner with a strong one who knows the moment we arrived at the forest the king has some surprise for us, so I am asking everyone to be ready at all times and show the king what you got." Dru declared.

"Can we be partners, Ana?" Princess Aliyah asked me right away, and I smiled at her.