Chapter 33 Confusion

At The Royal Palace Of Auxataria

King Albert was sitting on his throne with fury in his eyes. He had ordered one of the maids to bring food to Beth's room only to get a report that she was not there.

He had even ordered the guards to search every nook and cranny of the palace but the same report was given. She was not in the palace.

"Father I think she ran away." Claudia said.

"That information is not helpful Claudia." Queen Miranda commented.

"And she would not be able to run away with all the guards around." Said King Albert.

"She would if she had a little help from someone."

"And who could have helped her?"

Claudia smirked. "Prince Ryan of Denmore."

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"Your father knows you are not in the palace. And it is very likely that he knows I am involved." Ryan told Beth while they were having their breakfast in the dining hall.

"Will you bring me back to the palace then?" She asked but somewhere deep down, she didn't want him to.

"I don't know. Do you want to go back? I won't force you to stay if you don't want to."

"But you did force to come when I did not want to."

"So you do want to go back." He said more of a statement than a question.

"I do not know." She said looking at her plate. She was utterly confused about everything.

One part of her wanted to go back to the palace, to her home. And the other part of her wanted to stay here. Was it because she finally felt free? Or was it because of him?