A held her shoulder as blood seeped out from it. Who dared to shoot her? . The wound was clouding her senses, she couldn't think. Slowly, her eyes turned white , her nails extracting. What she feared had taken place.
As soon as Elma saw that the arrow had touched her , she quickly changed directions and left to look for Gwinn. Doric did not see Elma shoot or run away, she only saw something strange, she saw Lily vanish into thin air.
" What? " Doric asked surprised , she knew she was not hallucinating, she knew what she saw. As she stood there surprised , she heard Karina's voice behind her.
" What happened? Did you find her? " she asked
" Something strange happened "
" What do you mean? " Karina asked again
" I can't explain, let's keep looking for her " Doric answerred
" What about the wild boar? " Karina asked
" Forget about it, we have to ensure she's safe, I perceive powerful magic here "
A was gasping for breath when she lost control. She screamed out loud and in the blink of an eye, fire consumed two trees. The fire continued to spread and smoke covered the whole forest. All that were present in the forest started coughing and evacuating the place. The hunt had ceased.
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After an hour or so, soldiers from the castle were sent to check the forest for the body of Lily as she was the one who had not escaped from the forest. After searching for the whole day, they came up with the conclusion that she was dead and returned to tell the king of their discovery .
" You incompetent fools " the king shouted upon hearing what they had to say " Royce , Rufus " the king called his other sons and when they came ,the king said " Go back to that forest and find your younger brother's wife "
" Father " Royce began " Rian left the castle without informing anyone , not even you. Yet, you still care for him and his belongings "
" He is my son " the king reminded him
" We are all your sons, me and Rufus, if it was us in that condition, would you do the same? " Royce said bitterly
" You would not question me, you would go back there and find your younger brother's wife " the king shouted and his voice reverberated in the room
" It's alright father " Rufus spoke " We would do as you wish " he then bowed his head and left the throne room. Royce did same and and also left the room. Outside , his wife was waiting for him. Royce dragged her harshly into one of the closed rooms he completely ignored her pleas.
" Your highness , you're hurting me " Elma complained and Royce released her hand in disgust , he did not even treat her as his wife. She was even treated worse by her husband since Lily came to the castle and it broke her heart. She was doing all her best to make her love him known but he just couldn't get over that girl.
" Are you sure you did what I asked you to? " Royce icily asked
" Yes your highness, and with the fire happening, it'll be impossible for her to be alive " Elma answered
"Good, and did anyone see you? "
" No, I was extremely careful " Elma answered
" What caused the fire? " he asked her
" I don't know but it was for our good "
" You're right " Royce smirked, he wanted to see his brother in pain after hearing that his newly wedded wife was no more
" Your highness " Elma called and he turned " Would you be coming to our room this night? " It had been so long since Royce visited their room, he was always sleeping in one of the spare rooms in his quarters
" Maybe " he answered but Elma was not satisfied with it
" Your highness, you said this the last time but you did not come "
" I said maybe "
" Are you still refusing me because of that wretched girl? She does not....." Elma could not complete her statement because Royce's hand was suddenly on her neck, strangling it
" You, never mention a word about my Eunice, you're no match for her " he fumed and threw her across the room , Elma sustained some injuries in the process, she stared at her bleeding arm and sobbed. No matter what she does , Royce never looks her way .
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