Luna grabbed her hand, still, her face was sad, "don't know! I didn't see her here. But I am sure the king doesn't want to burn her."
"She had been lying!"
Helena shrugged, kissed her hand, and added, "thank you for letting me clean myself."
"Helena, you should escape from here."
The maiden shook her head, "they will make sure that I die."
"Leave with Kate."
"Even if my death can prove that I am innocent, I would never escape. I am an orphan and no one cares about my life."
Luna's eyes ran teary.
"You must go now," Helena gulped, Luna was making it harder to accept all of these.
Luna hugged her, her tears dropped on her shoulders, "I do care about you, and when I prove that Vanessa and Delara were behind this, I will make sure to kill them with my own hands."
"No, you should not make it worse than what it is now."
Luna released her, Helena could see how much serious she was about the words she let out. Her Lady stood up coldly and strode to the door, but halted before going outside.
"Your court is tomorrow. The girls' parents are here."
Helena shivered but ran a smile on her face when Luna peek over her shoulder, the reflection of flames on her face could make the tears glint in her eyes.
"I Love you, my lady."
Luna blinked and rolled her head down. She couldn't survive this challenge that destiny had hurled into her way. Her heart was exploding and she couldn't feel weak more than this.
"Captain Bryant open the door."
The captain opened the door, even he was stunned to see Luna like a stray ghost.
He closed the door and walked after her.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Did you kill Clara secretly?
"Why do you care?"
"That girl is a real light magician, she is heartbroken and whoever she works with her already couldn't take her soul."
She halted and turned to him, "if you wanted to kill him, then why did you tend to her, why did you bother to come almost every day and heal her wounds? Couldn't it at least shake your heart?"
"What are attempting to say?"
She swallowed, saying that how could the king kill his own daughter was what choked her.
"I forgot that you've gotten no heart."
She bit her lower lip and walked forward.
Bryant was still startled, she thought that he had killed the girl but it was not true. He slowly strode after her and they reached the stairs.
"I didn't kill her, I kept her safe for the king."
"So you know!"
"I do, tomorrow we will have two executions with poison."
Luna winced, if she could run away now it was the right time. She could go and beg Wilmore to escape with her, if it was not too late, she would not want to stay there and watch all of these, but now she was a half-werewolf. A beast was living inside her and she could be a menace for people out there.
Reaching her room, she saw Kate there, Bryant left them quickly as she was even more unnerving lately.
"Why are you here, Kate?"
Kate reached her hand out of her body, hoping that this letter from Moon Lake could make her happy.
"Your sister had written a letter for you."
"Why is it open?"
Kate smirked.
Luna gave her a faint smile but shoved it away hastily. Grabbing the envelope she opened it and read it. Her eyes ran wide, "Do I read right?"
"Yes, your sister had begun her journey and went to the first continent."
Luna's mouth still was open.
"Vita country!"
She murmured, closing her eyes she gathered herself, it was a hopeful sign and she had worked so hard that merchant Hamoon let her be on such a hazardous trip.
"Kate, how can we save our Helena?"
"The king has plans, trust him as I do."
Luna stepped beside the fireplace and dropped the paper inside the fire.
"It hurts me that I have to burn these letters." Flames gleaned in her eyes and the scent of burning paper bit her nose.
"I understand it, this enforcement could be settled in another way. By the way, did you see Lady Elenore today?"
"No, she was busy with the tasks of the council, it seems she had found a huge lost money that went to Sargona."
"Should I help her? Isn't it dangerous?"
"I guessed so, this is why I sent Nemo to watch over her. Lady Narayan is also there to help her find clues."
"My Lady, come out and walk in the light. Don't let them see you desperate."
Luna nodded, she hadn't gone out since she came out of jail. She couldn't deny that half of it was for the buzzes that she might have heard but she should have solved it.
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"Elenore see this, this weed! The merchants of Sargona bought this weed from Alovena. It is so expensive and forbidden for common use."
Lady Narayan noted, they were sitting inside the court's archive hall. The place was beside the library and you could find every single document related to Velator'e economy on these huge shelves. Elenore sent out all of the scholars and recorders, she did not trust them as they could have been working for Livia.
She furrowed her eyebrows and took the paper. Only one paper!
"This much of this rare kind, it can't be for normal use. Only physicians use it if there is a necessity."
The woman was agreed with her, surveying more to find another paper, she pouted.
"Nothing more!"
"It seems it had slipped out of their hands and as I guessed someone in this archive hall has been supporting our criminal."
"We must find out how much of it went to the physicians."
"It is too much work. I could not sleep well last night because of this case. And what I See is this weed that can boost energy and power, consuming it in wrong ways can put people in danger."
"I heard that in Alovena they use it to hype their warriors."