Princes Raines looked at her, his kind eyes full of concern. "You're a powerful young woman to have seen all of this at such a young age. You should be proud of yourself." he paused. "I know it must have been hard for you to come and ask me for help again. I will do what I can, just tell me what's happened. Where's Sally?"
The Prince looked at Mae intensely, and she looked back at him. For a moment, she was in a trance. Her face turned very red, and tears came into her eyes. "Honestly," she muttered. "I never thought you would actually agree to help me." Mae took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She settled her emotions rather quickly as she focused on slowly exhaling. "I didn't want to get you involved, but I didn't know what else to do. Miss. Sally's been imprisoned, and if there's some way you can persuade the Emperor to let her go..."
