Trent who had been knocked silly by Rei had finally come too. His friends all looked at him with worried expressions. "Trent what do we do, if Madam Ronstine hears of this we will be ruined!" One girl said with tears in her eyes.

"No, maybe if we do as she said and spread the word that a halfbreed elf girl with green hair named Marsil is protected by Miss Lancaster and the Ronstines we can get on her good side." Another you man said.

Trent shook his head to clear his daze as he wiped the blood from his mouth. His whole face was swollen but he had no time to care about any of that. "We will do as you said. If that is what Miss Lancaster asked then we shall do that."

That day news spread throughout the city of Forelonia, That an elf halfbreed with green hair, named Marsil was not to be touched or your entire family would be executed up to nine generations at that. 

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In another restaurant on another side of the city, three unlikely people were meeting up. "Sir Lancaster what do you say?" 

"Your idea sounds good. But is your information reliable? Is she really going to enter that new dungeon?" Reed Lancaster who was speaking in a much higher voice than before asked the two girls in front of him.

"My people have confirmed it with the guild. We just need to take care of that bitch!" A bald headed girl answered. If Rei was here, she would know who this girl was right away. Princess Feia, who had met with another woman Rei would have recognized right away, Venessa, Sara's mother. 

"Good. Each of us will send people out and follow them. If they die in the dungeon no one will suspect any of us." Reed was smiling brightly. He could finally get his revenge on the bitch who made him less than a man.

"I can not wait for that little bitch to die! What she did to my daughter will never be forgotten." Venessa yelled out in rage.

"The horrors I had to go through will also never be forgotten. I hope monsters chew on her bones!" Princess Feia said as her whole body shivered just thinking about it. But her fear was not so much Rei but Ruth.

Without them knowing it the man in the shadows snickered to himself and disappeared…

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Marsil, the girls, and I were all in a clothing store at this time checking out clothes. I was having fun dressing up Marsil and the two little ones. As I was selecting clothes a man in black appeared next to me. I looked up and was surprised to see that I recognized this person. "You are Princess Feia's hidden guard, shadow guard, I am not sure what they call you." 

"Either is fine. But Miss, I have come to give you a warning." The shadow guard replied.

"A warning?" I tilted my head to the side. But my eyes widened when I heard what he had to warn me about. I had never expected the person tasked to protect Princess Feia from the shadows would turn traitor and warn the enemy of his master. Curious about this point I asked: "Why are you telling me this?"

"Miss, you may not know this but at the time when my master and her personal guards had attacked you and your people, instead of killing them, you chose to kidnap that bitc- ahem… Princess and run away with her. For this, you have my utmost gratitude since my brother was among those guards." The shadow guard answered.

"I see. Thank you for this information. I will watch out for these people. As for your master, I can not do anything to her but the others I can deal with." After I gave my thanks, the shadow guard disappeared in front of my eyes. But the news he gave me was very concerning. It was bad enough to have to fight monsters of unknown rank but to also have to watch our backs was another thing. I mean if they attacked us in the middle of a major fight we could get seriously hurt or worse lose our lives.

"Rei what's wrong?" Marsil came over and asked. I guess my worry was written on my face.

"We will need to have a meeting after preparing to go. It seems we will have more trouble than we had originally thought. I will explain more later for now let's get you and the girls a few sets of clothes." I did not want to talk about this all in front of Liz and Beth in order to not worry them. But I knew one thing was for sure was that we needed to come up with a solid plan before heading out.

We finished up at the clothing store and swiftly met up with Able and Sam. I did not say anything to Sam yet but I did tell Able as we walked. Able took my hand and held it in his as he leaned over and whispered: "No matter what happens, I will protect you."

His warm breath and melodic voice entered my ear making it feel ticklish, causing me to blush. But his words warmed my heart. Although I may be stronger than him he is still willing to protect me. To be honest if not for Able I probably would not be where I am today. I would have been sold off by that man who is biologically my father or I would have run away with everything I had to escape that family. Able has been that shoulder I can lean on and the warmth that makes me feel safe. Little by little my understanding of what love is, is slowly coming together. All I know is that the one beside me is the one I wish to never be separated from. 

--- Authors Words---

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas for those who celebrate it. In this time where many are in lockdown or staying apart from family in fear of passing this stupid virus around. I wish you all a safe and healthy holidays and for those who have loved ones who are sick, my best wishes and prayers go out to you all. 

-invayne

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