Chapter 408 - So Be It (1/2)

Within the next hour, Elizabeth arrived with Jo at the location Jackie told her. They were both taken aback and awed when they reached the place. They could see why no one would know the location for it was indeed in the middle of nowhere. What's even more interesting, they both wonder why a person like Scott who likes the limelight would live in such a place.

”The bad*ss playboy enjoys living in such a place, who would have thought?” Jo spoke without thinking of his words and was surprised when the girl next to him was looking at him disgustingly. ”Hey, I'm just saying, it's not as if I'm jealous of him or anything. I mean, well, who wouldn't? The dude is a legend and man, have you seen the…”

Elizabeth's expression darkens as the sky turned cloudy as well as if a bad storm was approaching. Out of nowhere cold wind started blowing in which brought a chill down Jo's back.

Jo paused as his throat suddenly went dry, he couldn't continue what he wanted to say and swallowed hard before speaking again. ”I mean, let's go in. Lady first…”

Elizabeth frowned at him again…

Jo chuckled embarrassedly and took the first step forward, ”I mean, I'll go first and check the place out.”

Elizabeth's rolled her eyes as she let go a heavy sigh, she realizes things are about to go horribly wrong for them soon. Who knows what awaits them inside the palace?

As they went through the rusty gate, it only took one push for it to collapse without even any force added into it. The place looked like it has been abandoned for years and anything living was either dead or has overgrown. The pathway was creepy as the sound of birds tweeting and tree branches hitting echoed all over the place. At the same time, the cold wind whistled in bring such artic feeling. The place was as eerie as an abandoned hospital or graveyard. It was so spooky that if you are one of those people who get easily spook out and panic, then this place was not a place for you.

”Do you really think he lives here? I mean, this place looked like it's been abandoned for years. I can't even see the palace at all and shouldn't a palace be humongous.” Jo mutter such nonsense which Elizabeth ignored and continue to look around.

”Girlie, do you really trust that friend of you? What if she leads us to this place and waiting up ahead are your father's men?”

She continues to ignore him for she doubts her father would dare get her and in the first place, she trusted Jackie that she would not reveal her whereabouts to her fathers. But, deep down in her subconscious, she already expected that her father knows of her whereabouts not because of the satellite system but because of Jackie. The girl worries so much for her that she expects the girl to inform her father. Which is why she needs to find the palace fast before anyone finds out where she is.

As they reached a dead end, they realize that they've been going for circle and yet they did notice it at all.

”Girlie, I think we're lost,” Jo spoke.

Elizabeth frowned and didn't know what to do. She was at the point of punching the man and bring sense back into him at the same time put his brain back into order for he's been spouting so many nonsense since they arrived.

She sighs…

As she was looking around for another way out of their current situation, a thought suddenly pops out into her mind. ”Climb up!”

”Climb what?” Jo looked confusedly at the girl as he repeated what she said.

”Climb up,” Elizabeth repeated the same words.

”What? You want us to climb, where?” He asked as he looked around for the answer to his own question.

”Anywhere…” She shortly responded as she went ahead and look for a tree for her to climb.

”Wait, why are we climbing all of a sudden?” He inquired confused still as he watches the girl check every tree near them.

”To find the right path.”