15: I have you

Although Melrose was sitting in a warm carriage as the rebels traveled through the woods, she didn't feel any comfort. She was nervous, angry, and frightened. Did they want to use her to blackmail the King? She couldn't think of another reason why they wanted to capture her.

But they were just a group of rebels. Even if they had more than two dozen highly skilled men, they were still no match to the royal army. She couldn't understand where their confidence was coming from.

She had studied the map of Arden even if she hadn't been to many places outside the town before, and she remembered that East Brownsville was near the border where some of Arden's military troops were deployed. But why didn't they come when the village was attacked?

It was impossible for these rebels to have such courage to wipe out an entire village near a military camp and even abduct the King's bride if they didn't have a backer. The military troops must be aware of the chaos in the village but they didn't come