princess Quiana was in the garden with young mistress Ingrid from one of the noble family in the city. They were having a chat and they saw young Master Zion leaving on a hurry.
" what is he doing here so early in the morning and he's leaving in a hurry as well" Young mistress Ingrid asked
" he must be here to see the king or prince" princess Quiana said
" Your tea your highness " Willa said pouring the tea for the both ladies
" what took you so long?" princess Quiana asked
" sorry your highness, but something delayed me on my way here " she said
" and what is that?" princess Quiana asked
" I was passing by Young lady Cyma's room when I overheard her talking with Alpena" she said
" so how did that delay you?" princess Quiana asked
" The discussion was about Young Master Zion" she said
" what did they say?" Young mistress Ingrid asked
" they were talking about how Young lady Cyma and Young Master Zion shared a romantic night together " Willa said
" that wrench!" Young mistress Ingrid snapped in anger
" calm down Ingrid " princess Quiana said then she faced Willa
" what you heard today, don't disclose it to anyone"princess Quiana said
" of course, your highness " Willa said taking her leave
" but why?, we should tell His Majesty so he'll punish her for sharing a bed with my beloved" Young mistress Ingrid said
" he's not your beloved yet" princess Quiana reminded her
" but sooner or later he'll be " Young mistress Ingrid said
" yes, and I'll surely make that possible but for now we shouldn't jump into haste decisions" she said
" what do you mean?" Young mistress Ingrid asked
" if His Majesty hears of it, he might punish not only Cyma but also Zion. He can even get them married" she said
" so what should we do?" young mistress Ingrid asked
" nothing, for now" she said.
Quentin and his friend Ravi were going into the palace as the heard the veil of the beautiful dancer in their hand.
" what are we going to do with this" Ravi asked
" keep it of course " Quentin said
" why?" Ravi asked
" you ask too many questions, if we keep it the beautiful dancer won't be able to perform without her veil. she'll have to come to us for the veil. if not, she'll have to dance without her veil" he said
" and what it she uses another veil to dance " Ravi asked
" we'll keep collecting all her veils till she runs out of veil" he said and Ravi shook his head
" I've forgotten you're not the smart one" Ravi said
" hey what do you mean?" he asked
" forget it, where will you keep it now?" Ravi asked
" with me of course " he said
" how will His Majesty react seeing a ladies veil in your room " Ravi said
" I'll keep it Cyma's room then" he said
' will she allow that" Ravi asked
" of course not, we'll sneak on and hide it when she's out" he said and Ravi shook his head in disbelief.
Cyma wrapped the traditional attire on bag and was on her way to the back of the palace to dispose the evidence. She took her horse and rode to the riverbank and she was about throwing it when
" what are you doing here?' Zion asked getting down from his horse
" I should be asking you that question " she said
" I saw you riding so fast so I followed you, I actually used that to run away from mum's moringa tea " he said
' you're a coward, afraid to drink a bitter tea" she said
" don't change the topic, why are you here" he asked
" I brought my horse to drink water" she said
" no water in the palace" he said
" And I came to enjoy the view" she said
" then what are you hiding at the back of your hand" he asked
' it's nothing " she said and he was about to check when they heard q loud scream.
" who could that be?" he asked
" let's go and see, they might need our help" she said climbing her horse leaving the bag by the riverside and they rode off.
it was an old lady and her son, they were just robbed and the lady was injured.
" I'll go after the thieves, take care of the lady" Cyma said riding off
" you should go with her, those thieves are dangerous" the old lady told Zion
" here, use this for her wounds" Zion said giving the young boy a balm and he climbed his horse and rode after her.
She caught up with the thieves so fast, they were about five of them. she took her bow and arrow and targeted one horse leg and the house fell and she throw her dagger at the thief chest. she moved on deeper and deeper into the forest, she caught another man again and then she found out she was surrounded. she got down from her house, brought out
her sword and started fighting with the men. Zion also got there and joined in the fight, the enemies were getting more and more. They kept on fighting till they were left with two, they were fighting with those two, and one of them pushed Cyma down the hill and Zion got there in time before she could hit her head on a rock, he lifted her on his horse and they caught up with the two men and they killed one. As they got down from the horse, they fell on each other. and the last man took the opportunity to shoot an arrow at Zion but Cyma pushed him aside it it hit her shoulder. Zion got hold of the man as he was about to get away and he was beating him up
" how dare you hurt Cyma?" he said still beating him
" we need him alive, don't kill him" Cyma said stopping Zion as blood rushed from her shoulder
" what did you steal from the old woman" Cyma asked