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Azalia kept her eyes glued to the floor and her mouth shut. She knew it was bad not to answer him, but she couldn't think of anything to say. She had followed Merewyn, but didn't want to place the blame on her, because she could have ran back. She hoped any of the other girls would come up with something quick.

Inira couldn't think of anything to say, even that she wasn't following Ismeine, which she wasn't. She knew that if it were found out that she had taken one of the horses out at night, the minimum punishment would be a flogging. She took a silent, deep breath, hoping the king would think rationally.

Ame groomed her mare when she returned. "I wonder how Sir Laurence is doing at the moment...?" she whispered to herself. She looked at her horse. "D'you think a war shall escalate?" Her horse snorted. "I'll take that as a 'I'll get back to you on that.'"

[[NO NOT THE WORLD!]]

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Furious that the servant had been able to give a logical response, the king drew a deep breath that he hoped would make him look bigger and more foreboding.

"I will decide the best way to retrieve my daughters, thank you!" he roared. As he continued to rant at all present in the room, however, the realization dawned that he had no reasonable charges on which to behead them or even fire them. He finally decided a threat would do just nicely.

"If this happens again, the consequences will be dire! Servants, leave here, and whichever one of you is the princesses' maid will start making plans for Ismeine's wedding now! Prince Aureo is in the weaponry room adjacent to this one if you must speak with him. Ismeine, hold your tongue, you will do as I say!" he finished as Ismeine let out a cry of protest. "Leave here, I must speak with your sister!"

Enraged, Ismeine stormed quite unlady-like out of the room, leaving Merewyn with the king.


Long after Laurence had left, the king still pondered the interesting news. The twin princesses in the forest? He could hardly believe it. But Laurence was his best, most perceptive knight; surely he would not say so without being almost certain. But what would they have been doing? Spying? Of course not. What kind of king would send his daughters to spy for him? Still, the circumstances were suspicious. He must find a way to question them.

The king paused as this last thought entered his brain. Kidnapping two young ladies, princesses no less, would be quite ruthless of him. He would remain restless, however, until he found out what they were doing in the forest that adjoined the warring kingdoms. Having made his decision, he called a different knight to the room; one of his more cunning and ruthless knights.