Chapter 116: The Mysterious Darcassan
Evanna followed behind her guards through the double doors and out of the library. Already her mind was spinning with the possibilities of Darcassan and her mother. Did her mother spend time in this kingdom when she was younger? If she knew Darcassan, then would she know the king or prince?
The princess was unaware of how old her mother was; she never asked, though she should have with all the artefacts she collected and knew things that others didn’t. She could read people well and never let the nobles or the queen’s attitude towards her bother her. Evanna always presumed it was because her mother was the bigger person or because there was not much to be done. Loraven was only the king’s mistress, whereas his wife, Eleanor, was the queen.
Evanna sighed then smiled subtly after Cedric and Anwel turned their heads to look at her. They glanced at each other with the same worried expression before facing the front again. She looked back down at her hands, not taking note of the busy palace as she thought deeply about her encounter with the librarian.
They walked through the double doors to the gardens, and the princess suddenly became nervous. Darcassan knew she was the princess of Dunhurst. Evanna was unsure of how long he’d known or how he even knew who she was, but surely she could trust him. Otherwise, she would have been back in a cell by now, or war would be waged between the two kingdoms.
Maybe Arawn already knows? And that was why she was summoned to him. Evanna shook her head, no he had a flair for the dramatics, but he wouldn’t ask her to come to the garden if he was only going to lock her up.
"Is everything okay, Lady Evanna?" Cedric stopped suddenly and looked at her with concern. Anwel looked around nervously but also stared at her, worried.
Evanna nervously smiled, "Why would I not be okay?"
Cedric chuckled, "Because you met Darcassan.."
Evanna tilted her head to the side, her brows drawing together at his comment. Anwel, too, was smiling and shaking his head, the dimples on his cheeks making him look all the more younger.