14 Man In Black (1/2)

WEI LI LIAN

LADY WEI LI LIAN

PRINCESS LE-ANNE

”My Lady, General Feng gave strict orders for you not to go alone, please let me go with you at least.” Ai pleaded with the princess. Earlier, one of General Feng's men had delivered a package which consisted of a map and a small note. It looked like the man who had stolen her pendant had caught on with the rumours about how the person who found her precious pendant will be rewarded accordingly.

I'M WILLING TO NEGOTIATE ABOUT THE PENDANT. MEET ME AT SUNSET ON THE MARKED SPOT.

LAVENDER

He had signed the small note with 'Lavender' as his way of assuring her that it was not a trap. Only the two of them knew the meaning behind it. He was smart and calculative, the more reason she had to go before he started making other plans concerning her pendant.

The package had been found on the doorstep of one of the men General Feng had in charge of helping to find her pendant. General Feng had exceeded her expectations by being quite resourceful. He had also sent strict instructions notifying her that if she wished to go, she should take his men with.

”Ai if I go with General Feng's men the chances of things going wrong are high.” She tied the white cloth at the back of her head, and it fell, covering the middle of her face. She was wearing the same exact white silks she wore when at the Dura Mountain camp to make recognition easier for him.

After gathering the package and her sword, she prepared for departure. She told Mistress Han that she had personal issues to attend to and asked for one of the manor's horses.

The map led her to a dracaena cannabari tree that stood by the river. The access was covered and hidden by shrubs that a passing person who was not familiar with the place or had a map like she did would not notice the pathway. The waters were calm and shallow because of the approaching summer season; only after a few moons have passed would it rain.

Summer… the season that stole Nameless.

Waiting was a mundane job. Princess Le-anne stood up, sat down, walked around, played with the waters, threw stones and still after that long list of activities nobody came. It was getting dark and she was getting frustrated and irritant.

'Who dares to fool me?' she resounded from within.

”Enjoying the view?” a raspy voice came from behind and instinctively she placed her hand on the sword that was slung on her back.

She turned around to an all-black figure that leisurely sat on his black andalusian horse. It was also purely black with no stripe of colour on its coat and more than that it was fiercely huge and intimidating like the owner.