After Seren and Drayce stepped out of that ice cave, they found Martha waiting in the antechamber. Seren and Drayce removed the fur-lined coats and handed them back to the older woman.
Martha no longer led them as Drayce told her he had already memorized the path. She merely bowed as they headed back to where the others were.
With Drayce holding a torch to light the way, the pair of husband and wife walked the long dim passage, lost in their own thoughts.
Seren spoke after some time.
"It was strange but I felt like I knew both of them."
"You must have come across them," Drayce replied calmly.
"From what I know, I have always been inside the tower since when I was a newborn baby. I wonder if they ever came to the palace secretly, or if I saw them whenever I sneak out to the market with Martha."
