Thirteen

Aaron

"Welcome, Prince Aaron," the man I'd been trailing suddenly stopped and let out a loud chuckle, informing me that he was aware of my presence.

I thought I was discreet enough. I was just a few steps away from meeting the rogue leader, the man who took the rogue king's place. How did he know that I was behind him?

I had to mask my scent with skunk dung to keep them from finding me out, but still he had me figured out.

"You smell like royalty, even the horrible smell of skunk couldn't hide that," he muttered in response to my thoughts.

I knew it wouldn't be easy to get out now that I'd been discovered. Especially since I was in their territory.

Although I had come to the East Blue with my brother and Axel, my best friend, to trail the rogues who had been hurting and stealing from the people in the name of the royal family. However, I was close to finding their camp and couldn't risk them finding us, so I asked that I go alone.

Though, I now know their camp and also got to se