"Fine, but why did he ask us to gather exactly 360 oaks?"
Rof growled, the barn was messy! She could not say that she had lied about William being in her room, this was her secret and how could she explain about... She blushed.
She was so sure that they had spread the oaks purposely and forced them to collect them.
"I don't know, maybe he is going to test us with a new lesson."
Rof puffed in the air and flashed on her shoulder, "let's go and find out what he meant to teach us. However, it sounded as if the punishment for you."
Ell sighed but shrugged it off herself. They drove their path out of the messy barn and met her butler.
"Robert? I thought you were training with Hakem."
He was wearing an amusing naughty face, his eyes on the sack that they kept the oaks in.
"I was but master Solar sent me after you. How many oaks did you gather?"
The sky thundered, it was going to rain after the snow last night. She didn't want to be wet again, recently she had to spend too much time in the cold and her skin already ran thick and tough.
"Hm, let's get inside."
She didn't pay attention to his mean expression and rushed to the mansion. She frowned when the second person she saw was Thinamen, expecting him to leave yesterday but he kept emerging in front of her sight like a gorgeous jinn and used to show a slight smile.
"Prince Thinamen! I guess your Queen is waiting for you to report her."
"I didn't receive any reply to her letter and I assume that you like to keep me here. Should I anticipate that my Lady funds of me?"
Elizabeth blazed inwardly, he was rude and so blunt with no shame he was running the words on his lips in front of her friends. Besides, how could he be that confident to say those words?
"I'll write the response in a minute."
She uttered the words in a hoarse tone. Passing the sack of oak to Robert who was as red as beetroot now. She learned that he didn't like him either. Behind this calm and tender face was a ton of mystery.
Arriving at her chamber, she hastily snatched the pencil and a piece of paper and began to write only a few words then stopped...
"To dear Queen Zavika,
I am so glad that you had let me know who I am..." She paused, "I shouldn't make her angry if I want to know about my mother and be with William."
"I would meet you once I was enough ready to face the truth about me and unfortunately, now, I am just focusing on my studies. About your warnings and The king of Abyss, I would not decide before I know people enough.
Kind regards,
Elizabeth James."
She wrote her name proudly. Nothing could change the fact that who her real family was. Her father was an amazing man and her mother was always Vivian James, her sister was the muse she always praised and would give her life to protect her.
She folded a letter and opened the cache, taking an envelope out and thrust the paper inside it. Dashing out of the chamber, she recalled William. Her heart was thumping, she couldn't stop her emotions not to streaming out for him. He was amazing to her sight despite his arrogant temper. She let him touch her and the pleasure that they had was still sweating on her skin once she remembered every second of his touch on her skin, the kisses that he marked on her with pure enthusiasms, her skin tensed.
When she came back to presence, she halted in front of the griffin fae prince and extended her hand.
"I hope, your Queen is enough patient and can respect the decisions I make for my life."
Thinamen just gave her a senseless face, she couldn't read what was going on in his head.
"I appreciate you, so I will take it to her. Be safe, Lady Elizabeth."
She bowed her head and stepped backward. The faerie took out a gem from his pocket and whispered words then a portal shaped for him, entering the dark he vanished.
Elizabeth held her breath, that was cool and alluring but no, she couldn't reverse her words because of her curiosity. Rof said that William has the same skill of porting, so, she would ask him once he was back home.
"It is not like I preferred him here but why did you treat him this way?"
Asked Rof.
"Because they can't just throw me out of their clan then come back when I have many things here that I won't leave."
She looked at Robert who now was smiling. "Why are you still here? Master Hamoon has been waiting."
She sketched her way to the man's office and knocked on the door. Butler Solar opened the door.
Merchant Hamoon was reading a document, his narrowed eyes were speaking that the contents were written there were not pleasant.
"What is happening?"
"Did you find the oaks?"
"Yes, master. All 360 oaks."
"Good. I am glad that your natural skill had helped you."
"I must thank Rof, he has been training me well now I can also change my eyes color. I can see at night perfectly."
The man nodded.
"Solar, take the oaks out, they had learned not to trick me if they want to continue with us instead of going out there after the rare things in this cold season, some people spend their life hard like that to earn money, you must be appreciated for the advantages you have. Honesty is what I crave." He sent his butler out, it was obvious that they were talking about a vital matter.
Solar left and Elizabeth approached the table.
"Sorry, master, I won't lie to you again."
"Elizabeth, Robert! Your first journey has started. Can I trust you?"
"Sure, you can count us in. But where are we going?"
"We are going to Vita!"
Vita? Is not that famous country on the first continent? It was the most developed country in the whole Vita world they live in.
Here and there, people say that there are Alpha vampires and werewolves, living among humans and Faeries in that continent. The races were entirely different than the Second continent. Elizabeth could not wrap her mouth as it sounded so weird to her.
"Why there? Do we have permission to go?"
Elizabeth asked while finding Robert drowning in astonishment.
"Yes, my dear, we have permission. They needed some supplies that only we have and this is what makes our trip dangerous. Because many thieves would sharpen teeth for our cargo."
"Should we go through the ocean?"
Asked Robert, stammered.
"We will travel with the Locomotive to reach the eastern harbor beside the ocean and from there we will travel on my fast ship. We might be dangled for three months but it worth the interest they give us."
He cleared for them.
"Let's do it. When are we moving?"
"They had sent me an emergency message. I ordered the crew to carry the cargo so we can move tomorrow morning."
Elizabeth's eyes twinkled, her first journey was going to be so exciting in another country, not just only but also in another continent.