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Josephine walked up closer to her, And Hugo stood up from his chair with a blank expression. 

"What happened? You don't look very good," she asked. 

"Did you know that Prince was sending my brother away to the western province?" She sounded suspicious. Josephine's eyes narrowed and she shook her head sideways. 

"Western Province? What are you talking about, why would anybody be sent there?" She asked with disbelief. 

"Then why is he gone?" Her voice broke as she spoke. "If you don't know about it does that mean the Prince did it without letting anyone know? He did it so my brother could die off somewhere…" Her lip wrinkled up and warm water boiled up in her eyes.