Ilona felt like she had only just fallen asleep when she was being woken up again by the sound of yelling. She sat up quickly, blinking as she tried to focus her sleepy eyes. Her brain still couldn't quite make out what was being yelled around her.
"It got him!" someone shouted in a panic, "We-We were just out to get some water, and it found us! We... We ran b-but..."
Ilona's eyes snapped open then as she finally realized what was going on. She jerked her head in the direction of the shouting and found one of her men, Nathan, with an expression of pure terror and tears on his cheeks.
She scrambled to her feet and looked towards where Mason had been sleeping. Her heart stopped when she saw his bed was empty.
Her stomach was immediately sick with fear, and she spun around, eyes searching for the tall, blonde Prince.
"M-Mace?" she stammered in panic, "M-Mason?"
