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The Author's POV.
The same night, the queen left with her maid, Malia, and two other guards. She promised the Emperor that she will be back by sunset hopefully with the witch called Naana.
They all traveled for a distance and were too tired to continue with their journey. Queen Valeria told them to take a rest while she go further. The guards refused but she insisted. This was the only way to get rid of them.
Naana's house wasn't far from the empire. It was much closer to Akkad than Finn.
Queen Valeria made them travel so far because she didn't want the guards to suspect anything. If she decides to the road leading to the west they will tell the emperor, who will later link it up with what happened on the night of the ball.
