Sloane watched her mother and Martha run to the exit. But it was not just Estelle and Martha who's heart sank. Sloane too could see the events unfolding before her were no good news.
Both women froze as the night sky displayed not the stars but the horror that awaited them.
"Prince Luzan!" Martha gasped.
"What is the sixteenth prince doing here?"
"Martha.... what do we do?" Estelle whispered trembling.
Martha shielded her and hid her behind the hedge.
"Don't raise your voice your highness. Follow me." The maid crawled carefully like aouse scurrying trying not to get noticed. Estelle followed her in the same way. They could see his men on watch. As if waiting for some kind of a signal.
Estelle's foot got stuck in a sharp thorny branch making her cry in pain.
Martha terrified of being discovered put her hands on Estelle's mouth.
"Please....please your highness. You must swallow the pain." She begged her voice nearly inaudible to Estelle who was already tearing in pain.
