"What else did she say to you in the dungeon?" Artemis asked the frightened boy.
"She asked if I wanted to escape with her?"
"And?"
"That was all, the guards took her away, afterwards," Darius was on the verge of bursting into tears. The spot the knife had stabbed earlier on was becoming unbearable painful with each passing second.
"So you're telling me you risked your life by jumping under the blood moon for a lady you know nothing off?" Artemis asked.
"Yes, your majesty."
"Why did you run after her?" Artemis asked.
"I... I... I wanted to tell her that servants were not allowed when the blood moon was up,"
"Ah! So you're uncooperative once more," Artemis exclaimed.
"I tell the truth your majesty," Darius begged to be believed. He could not admit to have seen a vision of her among monsters. If he did so, he would be suspected for socery and a much worse fate awaited him if that happened
