Chapter 29: Poems and Spells
"My Lady, are you alright?"
Annalise was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard Sera’s worry-filled voice. Letting out a small sigh, she smiled softly at the girl before shaking her head in denial. "I’m okay."
Yeah, she was okay. Just distracted because her mind was still stuck on the words that Kenric had whispered in her ear during breakfast. ’I’m going to stay with you tonight’...
"My Lady, you seem distracted. Is everything alright in the Capital?" Sera didn’t give up yet because she could see that her lady was worried about something.
"Everything is alright in the Capital. The letter... it was a summon from His Majesty. You remember a month ago we heard the news about a family of farmers found dead in the North Province?" Annalise looked at Sera and noticed the girl nodding her head in affirmation.
"... Back then, His Majesty sent a team of royal guards and an official to sort out the matter. However, the news just returned that the guards and the official had also gone missing this past week." Annalise informed the girl and the gasp of pure terror and fear was what she got in response.
"But, My Lady, wasn’t these disappearing and murder activities limited to the South Province? How come there’s such an incident happening in the North Province too?" Sera raised the question that had been bugging almost everyone.
"That’s exactly what everyone is wondering about. If this murder and the disappearing case are indeed related to those cases in the South Province, then our realm is in even big trouble than we thought." Annalise responded as she recalled all the murders and disappearance news she had been hearing for the past year.
"I hope the lords will soon sort out this case. Our entire realm is depending on them." Sera muttered as she picked up the basket of tomatoes before heading inside the kitchen.