21 The Guardians 2 (1/2)

”All right, all right”.

”Good”.

”You should go back to bed Eli” Gregory said as he went to assist her.

”I would have been resting if not for all the yelling” she said with a smile.

”I'm sorry Elizabeth”.

”It's okay. I know you are worried, I am too but I have faith in the children”.

”Yes. Thanks” Jamie said with a smile.

Elizabeth smiled back and let Gregory take her back to her room.

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In Gandera, Ariana and Ariadna took another direction from where the children took and made their way deeper into the woods.

”You look nervous Ari”.

”What? No way”.

”Ariana, you can't lie to me”.

”You can erase memories but you can't read minds dear”.

”Now that hurt”.

”Didn't mean to... ” she was cut short by Adriadna.

”Its okay. I know. So what's bothering you?” She asked as they made their way through the bushes.

”Well, we haven't seen our friends in eighteen years now. What if something happened, what if Claudius caught them? What is they are... ”

”Don't say it because it is not true. They are alive. Even Claudius caught them, we would save them”.

”We have been away for long, we don't know anything about here. For all we know that tyrant would have ruined Gandera”.

”Hey, think positive, all we have to do is ask. And not nicely from the soldiers of course” she said with a smile on her face.

”Yeah... You're right. Do you know if Queen Isabella and King Axel are alive?”.

”I do not know, but I doubt Claudius would kill the Queen, he might be holding the kind prisoner or... Well I do not want to think about them like that”.

”I know, the queen wouldn't give up without a fight. Let's hurry, perhaps we can get enough information from our hideout”.

”Yes, good idea”.

So they hurried through the woods, running as fast as their legs could carry them.

Suddenly Ariana stops and pulls Ariadna by her hands backward. The next thing an arrow flew past them in the next second.

”That was close, thank you Ari”.

”No problem”.

”Is someone out there? Come out” Ariadna shouted.

”Ariadna wait, it wasn't shot by someone”.

”What? Then how... ”.

”It's a trap”Ariana said getting up as she moved closer to inspect the traps on the ground.

”A trap... ”