They looked at her with big round eyes. ´Look how adorable she is.´ He whispered to me. I nodded with a soft smile, I petted her head softly. She moved softly but continued to sleep. We all got up and went out of the bedroom. I didn´t close the door all the way. We went down the stairs and we saw Jackson and Espen waiting for us. I ran to them and gave them a big hug. They both chuckled and hugged me back. After we let go of each other we went to the dining room and sat for lunch. We waited a little before the maids came and gave us food. We thanked them, they were about to walk out but one of the maids looked pregnant so I stopped her. ´Hold on dear.´ I spoke up, she turned around to face me and nodded. The other maids left while she stayed behind. ´What is your name?´ I asked her.
´My name is Stella.´ She spoke up in a shy voice. ´I don´t mean to be rude or nosy but.... are you pregnant by any chance?´ I asked her. She looked a bit shocked but nodded softly. ´Why are you working here then? You can´t overwork yourself...´ I told her. ´Who is the father?´ Asked Arthur. She stayed quiet for a while. ´....It´s sir Mark.´ She said in a shy voice. We all looked at each other shocked and confused. ´How long are you pregnant?´ Espen asked her. ´....3 months...´ She spoke in a shy voice. ´Wait... Mark is here for 3-4 months .... So that means he slept with you when he came here almost immediately...´ Jackson added, The rest of us nodded in agreement.
She stood there getting a bit paler and paler by the minute. I got up and went to her, I grabbed her hand softly and helped her to get to a hair before helping her to sit down. Esoen gave her a glass of water and she thanked him before she took a sip. Arthur sighed in annoyance rubbing his forehead.´We have to find the low life. He got her pregnant so he needs to take off his child.´ He said in a firm voice. We all agreed on that statement. We asked another maid to her Stella while she went to the guest bedroom. Once she was gone we started to discuss a way to find and bring him back. ´We will have to send a group of guards to find him and bring him back.´ Jackson spoke up. ´We will need to start from the place where the guards´ Added Espen left him. ´I will ask them which way they went with him.´ Said Arthur before getting up from his chair and leaving the room.
We followed him to the guards. The guards looked a bit confused when he asked but they told him they they went east. ´Gather up the guards here.´ Said Arthur. The guards nodded and went away to gather the guards up. After a while, most of the guards were standing in front of us looking confused. ´Thank you for coming, but we need your help. We must find Mark back....he got a maid pregnant.´ Espen spoke up in a serious tone. The guards gasped at the news. They ran to the stables and got the horses ready. Taraji got on her horse and took off with the guards.
Taraji POV
I have to bring him back no matter what it takes. We were galloping to the east side where our guards left him. Once we arrived we stopped. ´Okay, let´s split up into 4 groups.´ I told them, that they all split up into four groups. One of the groups will follow me. ´Let´s find him.´ I told them all before taking off with my group. I hope that we will find him soon. I thought while jumping over a lying tree. The other followed me closely. We looked around the forest for hours but nothing. We decided to go back to the castle to rest and go out tomorrow to look for him.