"First of all, don't panic. Look for clues. " Kriah said as he started scanning the surrounding.

"We don't have time, you wild human. " Riana said as she started fidgeting.

"Don't worry. I have some experience in findings tracks of animals. It might hel-" Before he could finish his sentence Riana stormed off in a random draw direction.

She ran for at least 5 miles before stopping to take a breath. She checked the compass before taking out the map and checking her position. If she was to continue the path she was going, she would reach the sea. If the lady and her son were abducted this made sense as they would use the sea to escape. She patted herself for making this deduction and continued the path.

She finally reached the end of the forest after some time and was surprised to see the rocky beach which made it impossible to dock a ship there. She looked around trying to find some clues. But she didn't find anything.

She finally realized that maybe she made a wrong judgment. She slumped down as tears started falling down from her eyes. She never had a strong mentality but because she was good at the magic she was pushed by her family to join the army and in the end, she was given the important task to be the bodyguard of the Royal family. She was assigned to the wife of the King's brother. And now that she had let them get abducted or possibly killed.

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She stood up as the sun set in front of her signaling the end of the day and also the end of her mission. She backtracked her way to the camp. She reached the camp to find that Krish was not there and thought that he had probably left as this was none of his business. She lay back on a tree and closed her eyes. She needed to sleep to get away from the demons that she had in her mind.

"Hey-..... " Riana slowly opened her eyes as somebody nudged her.

"Hey, wake up. You listening? " She opened her eyes but everything was still blurry as she was crying while sleeping too. But she quickly wiped the tears from her eyes as the voice that she heard was a familiar one.

"Madame! You are alive and well! " She hugged Agatha tightly.

"Yeah..... It's a long story. " Agatha said while comforting her. Riana slowly let go of her before noticing blood on Agatha's clothes.

"What happened? " Riana asked shocked.

"Don't worry that man saved us. " Agatha said pointing towards a man sitting by the fire. A boy sticking close to him and looking at him with big eyes of admiration.

Krish looked at the women at distance and stood up as he made his way toward them.

"Thank you, Mr. Krish. " Agatha said.

"No. It's all thanks to Riana. If she hadn't told me the way to find you, it would've been impossible." Krish said as he looked at Riana with a cheeky smile.

"So if you don't mind ladies. I would like to take my leave. " He added as he turned around to leave.