Chapter Two

"*It was still wrong of you to have disobeyed your uncle, your reasons doesnt count." Gwen stated to Scarlet, as she packed her clothes into the closet.

Gwen is a maid, and of the same age mate with Scarlet, but Scarlet liked her from the first day she was employed in this palace. Apart from Ryan, Scarlet also share alot of things with Gwen. She thinks of her as her sister and so does Gwen.

"Are you taking his side?" Scarlet asked with a frown.

Gwen walked to the bed where Scarlet was sitting, and sat by the edge.

"Am not taking sides here Scar. But in whatever fights you and your uncle have, dont try to put yourself at risk like you did just now." Gwen said and Scarlet rolled her eyes.

"If you roll your eyes at me again. I swear to the goddess, I will pull them out." Gwen warned, as she stood up from the bed.

"And then you will be hanged for doing so. Dont forget, am still your princess and your future queen." Scarlet smirked with a wink.

"Goodnight now Scar." Gwen said as she head to the door.

"Goodnight to you too. Sweet dreams of me in all of them." Scarlet said with a chuckle as she lie on her bed.

"I sure will my princess." Gwen said, playfully before turning the lights off and she left.

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The following morning, Scarlet was dressed up quickly for a meeting that morning. She tried protesting with Damian on not going, but Damian gave her a mean look and she had to succumb.

The meeting lasted for some hours which was boring for Scarlet. After that session was over, she went into the study with Damian to go through the piles of reports like they do everyday, like a daily routine.

Scarlet spent three hours going through all the report till she finally gave up on going through it again.

"Where are you heading to?" Damian asked when he noticed Scarlet had stood up, but he didt look up at her.

"Horse riding." Scarlet replied dryly.

"Ok, go with some guards cause I won't want you out there alone." Damian stated, his eyes fixed on the paper.

"When on earth will you stop treating me like a child? Am 22 and I can take care of myself." Scarlet growled, making Damian to look up at her through his reading glasses.

"And you are royalty! I won't like to repeat myself twice, do not leave this premises without a guard." Damian stated.

Scarlet glared at him before walking out of the study. Scarlet went to her chambers and got dressed for her ride. Once she was done, she came to where her horse, and some guards where waiting on their horses for her.

"Come on girl." Scarlet mumbled to her horse before patting her so hard that she started running, and out of the palace with the guards behind her.

Scarlet plan of running faraway from the guards, so she ran as fast as she could into the woods where the guards practically dont know but they followed her anyways.

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Gwen packed all of Scarlet clean clothes, and was making her way to Scarlet room, humming a song. But then, she almost pumped into Ryan when she was about turning to the next hallway.

Gwen couldnt help but stare at him. Gwen picked a liking to Ryan from the day she got employed here, when she was 11.

She do see him and Scarlet together, and gets extremely jealous. Not till when she found out what they shared were just mere friendship. It made her feelings for Ryan grew more, but she was afraid to admit to him because of her status.

"Am sorry." Ryan said and Gwen nodded without looking into his black eyeballs that makes her heart race so fast.

Gwen gave way for him to pass which he did, but then he stopped and turned back to Gwen.

"Have you seen the princess today?" He asked.

"Yes. She went for horse riding." Gwen said, trying her best not to look at him.

"Ok, thanks." He said and walked away.

Gwen let out a breath she had no idea she was holding in. She smiled shyly to herself before she contiuned her journey to Scarlet room.

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Scarlet successfully made her guards lose trail on her. She ran more into the woods and towards the lake. She made her horse stop suddenly when she saw something that was in front of her.

It was a huge dark blue light, it looked like a portal. Scarlet wondered what that could be, as she haven't seen this here before. She came down from her horse and slowly made her way to it.

When she was four inches close to it, she tried placing her hand on it, but her hand passed through it instead, and she pulled out her hand immediately.

She looked down at her hand and back to the portal.

"What on goddess name is this?" Scarlet thought to herself.

The feeling of curiosity to go into that portal, and find out what's in there grew in her. She glanced back at her horse before looking back to the portal. She took a deep breath before entering into the portal.

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Ryan walked into the study when Damian urgently summoned him. He came in to see Damian pacing.

"Sir, you summoned me." Ryan said with his head bowed to him.

"The princess went riding with some guards but the guards returned without her, saying she made them lose trail of her. I want you to go fetch her here, immediately!" Damian ordered in anger.

"Ok sir." Ryan said and left.

Ryan was worried too and promised to reprimand her when he sees her. He rode into the woods, he went deeper and to the areas he knew Scarlet would be, but there was sign of her.

He became more worried, and wondered where she could be. He wondered in more into the woods, he made his horse stop when he sighted a horse like figure from a distance.

He made his horse walked towards the figure. He frown when he saw it was Scarlet horse, but she wasn't on it. He came down and glanced around, but there was no sign of her.

"Scar! Scarlet! Scar! Scar!" He yelled, but there was no response, apart from the echoes of his own voice.

Ryan became tensed on the thought that maybe one of their enemies must have taken her. He climbed on his horse and rode back to the palace, along with Scarlet's horse*.

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