~ Thirty-Five - Season I ~

Our third night at sea had arrived and we were on our way to the Island of Dangling Trees.

As our guards and the crew patrolled outside on deck, I was in the captain’s cabin. For quite some time, I analysed the map for other possible routes in case we couldn’t get past this one.

I also sent Mother back to her quarters, along with all of my guards to accompany her and her ladies.

“I see that there are other routes beside the Island of Dangling Trees,” I started the conversation with the captain.

The Island of Dangling Trees was a place where trees came to life when darkness took over the skies. If you were unlucky to be stuck on that island once night cloaked the world, you wouldn’t survive. The trees would float once the sun was awake. But they were immediately pulled back down to the ground when the moon took over. The island would then be submerged into saltwater.

“There are other routes, Your Highness,” the captain stood beside me, looking at the map. He continued, “However, th