Ryan's gaze wandered around and ceased on Hashin. He was nervous too, both of them were collapsed in discomfort.
"How is your father?"
The King asked, brushing his hand to his wet hair and pushing it back.
"He is fine, he must be on the way to the borders. The imps could make it out to reach our borders." He was certain that he knew, impossible that he hadn't spied around.
"What do you want from Saya? I doubt if this marriage was with no deal."
Ryan felt his stomach burning, Hashin warned about the challenge.
"It was a tie and I am the winner of this deal as she is enough to take my heart."
The King smirked, "so you love her."
"I do."
"Regarding the letter my son had sent, surely, he had mimicked my handwriting."
Ryan nodded, "but we came a long way and we discovered the place those imps had been growing. I must inform you that those imps crossed an ancient gate and we know only one thing can open them, lost long-missing magic." He tested the king, no surprise, no emotions, no sympathy. Was he alive at all?
The ministers gaped, peeking at the king.
"Do you have any clue?" He came up with an excuse.
"The clue is stable, we can go and destroy them in their colony."
While the king wore a thoughtful expression, the gate grew wide and a man came inside.
"Your highness, a bird came from Velator."
He knelt before the king and reached out his hands.
"Sir. Holin, bring us the message."
The old magician obeyed quickly.
"Read it." He began to unfold it.
"King Rozen, the dark magicians had summoned imps and cultivated them, they trapped and misled you all. We caught them in Velator after the imp's attack. Rise and fight, this is not a punishment."
He stepped up the platform and handed the paper to the king. The seal on King's ring was down the note.
Ryan was breathing hard, the dark magicians were in Bolingtone? Luna was there, was she fine? He could hear his heartbeat in his head that did not realize his wife bedside him.
"What should we do your highness?"
Holin asked.
"How should I believe this piece of paper! See my son used my seal, it can be a trick."
Saya blinked a few times. He had become deaf and blind.
"Father, my mother is dying, isn't it the biggest clue?"
The King's eyes ran fierce, "you betrayed me, you had done things behind me." He clenched his fits and shouted, "arrest the prince and send him to dungeons. He must learn what is the consequences of rising against my will."
The guards were unsure but obeyed the command.
"I want you to rethink about it, you can't condone the fact that he is your son."
Saya exclaimed, couldn't control her tone.
"Cousin, I wish I could welcome you here but we are done. No Velatorian can come here. We will solve our problem."
"You dealt with them, didn't you?"
"Let's get back Saya." Ryan grabbed her arm.
"No, if the imps are cultivated, now they are everywhere. We must kill them all."
The King hissed her, "even if the dark magicians had done this, the gods did not stop them so it means they want to punish us. I won't rise against the gods."
"Father, my mother isn't a sinner."
Dedar shouted but his father pointed to the guards and they took the struggling boy out of the hall.
Ryan wanted to kill him, the desire was boiling inside his vessels but he couldn't claim a war and put Saya in danger.
"Let's get back to the borders."
Scream!
The voice resounded around, "Shala!" Saya murmured, the woman's last wish was to protect her son.
"My Queen!" The maiden's voice was coming from the left corridor, a valet came and announced that she was gone.
The King stepped down the throne and rushed to her residence, his magicians flooded after him.
"Saya, we must leave! It is a good chance to rescue the prince."
Ryan suggested, his eyes drifted on Hashin who was agreed.
"Fihad can take care of him in Jomen. The King is under spells, sold his soul, we can't stay here anymore."
Hashin confirmed.
"Alright, Hashin go gather our men, we will go back to Jomen."
Hashin didn't wait and strode out.
Ryan led his wife to the pathway that guards took the prince. The guards were still dangled with the people in the temple so they were less in numbers here, appearing behind the standstill ones near the pillars, they hit them down, silently.
Approaching the other guards, they knocked them out from behind.
"What are you doing here?"
Dedar asked.
"Dedar, you must come with us. Your father isn't mad, he is lost."
Saya told the boy, her hand rested on his shoulder and dragged him with them, not revealing that his mother was gone.
They moved out and the prince heard the mornings, there was chaos out there.
"My mother is dead!" Dedar halted, his eyes ran teary, he couldn't leave like this.
"We must go! She is gone, do you remember what she said?"
"Yes, those magicians will kill you too. You are your people's hope."
Ryan persuaded the boy who hardly convinced himself. Using the crowd they joined the people of Bead and surged out of Jorsa.
They didn't stop until the air was heavily thunderous.
They arrived at the gate of Jomen three days later. Spending hard days to survive the capital before being caught. Certainly, the king had noticed his son left the capital.
"Fihad, open the gate," Hashin yelled out, he didn't want to stay in Alovena even a second more.
Fihad and his men pulled the spool and came out, seeing the prince with them could bring nothing but news of chaos.
"Uncle, uncle! My mother is dead."
The boy said and rushed to his giant uncle.
"What?" The stunned man gazed at Saya.
"Let's get inside, cousin. We need to talk and will to leave Alovena. Your brother is no longer alive but as the devil's puppet."
Saya pushed her legs forward. Getting back to the mansion, she turned to her men, "We will leave in one hour. Ease your legs, and feed the horses."
She ordered and began to narrate everything that they heard and witnessed in Jorsa.
"Saya, take Dedar with you. I will solve it with my brother."
"No, you come with us, he will kill you."
"Masun is there. Many of my men are too, my family. He will execute them all in the name of betrayals."
"Then stay alive."
"Uncle, if you have to do what we need, do it and stay alive."
It was hard for Dedar to lose his father but he witnessed what he had been doing lately, he had given his sanity away.