After a while Lucas observed an old man with a hook wearing an worn brown cloak entering the cottage ,after he made sure that the path is clear and his surroundings are empty, he slowly sneak into the cottage by walking while crouching without making a sound, he then found a gap between wooden barrels that are full with apples so he hide there as he was curious about their conversation.
Margarita was tied tightly with strong ropes. Looking at the man with a sharp gaze and a smirk,
she said with a sarcastic tone, "Is that your best now? You cannot harm me. "
The man pulled a chair up next to her ،and with barely any patience left, he demanded , "WHERE IS KAVEN! This is your last chance, little princess, I know he is here somewhere , so tell me!"
Margarita started laughing, rolling her eyes . " Tsk, what am I, his mother ?"
The man composed himself and said," Oh my... your childish behaviour! you are the one responsible for his disappearance , and I can sense he is nearby, I will give you three days to bring him back."
Margarita stared at him and gave him a side , sarcastic smile and said," Or? What would you do?"
"I will turn your world upside down. You won't realize it nor will you have a breath left to see it,"
He threw his threat to the table with a very cold, satisfied tone. He was certain she would do everything she could to find Kaven and keep it hidden from him.
She frowned and asked him with curiosity," Who are you?Why do you want him so badly ?
The man stood up and looked into the nothing and took a deep breath and said with a trembling in his voice and annoyance,
"It's not your business, little princess."
Lucas was listening to their conversation with great caution and curiosity as he held a small knife waiting for the man to finish his speech to open the princess's ropes,
until one of the guards came to see him and shout at him, the man and princess turned around when they heard the guard screaming and the apple barrel falling.
The princess was very surprised when she saw the prince of her dreams standing behind her, so she cried quickly, claiming fear,
and the man looked at him very angrily for entering his private property without permission and for listening to their secret talk.
Lucas acted quickly when the guard made this commotion and ran to the prince to open her ropes with astonishing speed, pick them up, and run away from them to the woods.
The princess had no chance to comprehend what had happened until they reached the middle of the forest, where he did not stop running until he was far enough.
Lucas stopped because of fatigue. The princess stood on her feet and looked at him with more admiration than what was inside her. She hesitated before talking to him as she kept looking at him in confusion.
The surrounding were suspicious, carrying the winter fog and the cold of autumn, Lucas spoke with her with a light heart to break the silence between them,
"Are you fine ? A "Thank you" will not harm "
Margarita smiled gently at him and apologized for not apologizing for saving her.
Lucas sank in her beautiful smile and the shine of her eyes as if the atmosphere had turned into a bright spring, and that was so obvious to Margarita.
Margarita felt shy because of his looks at her, so she turned her eyes away from him and asked him how he found her.
Lucas smiled at her reaction and told her that he found her by chance as he was walking alone in the morning and saw her in the cart that she took with her eyes closed, so he followed her.
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Ryan caused the palace commotion when he went in the morning to the princess's room to apologize to her and did not find her, he searched for her all over the palace and asked all the servants and no one saw her since the evening.
Whatever way Margarita behaved towards him, he couldn't calm his wandering heart in love with her from fear.
He summoned some servants to go out with him to search for her throughout the kingdom, and when they reached the forest, each servant dispersed alone to search for her to cover as much of the forest as possible.
As Ryan's heart beat with fear, the princess giggles with Lucas grew louder around.
Ryan was happy to hear her voice okay, but his voice couldn't get out of his throat when he saw her happy like this with the annoying Prince.
Ryan walked away without interrupting their intimate conversation and gathered the guards back to the palace, telling them that the princess was fine and needed time alone.
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Two days later, during sunrise on the third day, Jack and Kaven arrived in the forest with which their journey began,Jack said with excitement in his voice,
"Are you ready?"