Semua Bab Alpha Loren: Bab 201 - Bab 210

Only minutes later, I was sat in a silent cell with no source of light other than a burning torch on the wall of the hallway. The back and side walls were constructed from sturdy stone whilst the front was cage-like metal bars with a padlocked and chained door. On the other side of the bars was a singular guard stood up straight and staring straight forward. "So what did my mate do to you?" I asked him hours later when I was at a point of boredom in which I was willing to talk about anything that would entice him into speaking. The other cells around me were empty meaning he was my only company.

 "Urghh." I opened my eyes to see the straw of the cell and groaned at how much everything ached from sleeping on such a hard floor. The ball had gone on until way beyond midnight and I had spent the majority of those hours dancing with the King. Obviously, it was he that had insisted on it and I that had been forced to begrudgingly go along with it. 

 "Leo please," I begged after we had finally got out of the castle through some back tunnel route and. We'd walked through the forest for a bit and then reached a single truck where Max had been waiting for us. He lifted me onto the passenger seat of then truck and crouched down to my level. "You can save him. I know that he tried to kill you but you tried to kill my Dad." "How do you know about that?" he asked his eyes flickering with shock.

When we arrived at the castle gates, Luca ordered two guards to collect Connor's body before carrying me upstairs to an empty room. He told me that because of the long journey back, the lateness of the day and the exhaustion of the army, that we would be staying in the castle until the next morning before going home.He lit the fire, fetched me some blankets which he proceeded to wrap me in, made me a cup of hot cocoa and most importantly, kept me company. We didn't speak much but he was willing to sit with me regardless. I couldn't bear to be

 "When are we leaving?" I asked. "About fifteen minutes," he replied pulling a bottle from the truck he had been loading. "How long is the journey?"