The Lion Moves
As the bell kept on ringing, Leon opened the window to check the situation outside. There was nothing outside, but as he looked to the ground area, he saw quite a number of guards moving towards the inner part of the castle. Something must have happened on the first floor and he wondered who was the intruder.
He looked toward Ecuti who showed her nervousness and he held her hands.
"Are you okay?"
She did not answer and forcefully nodded to him, which made him say to her. "Hey, if you're not okay, then it's okay to say it in front of me."
Ecuti looked him in the eyes for a moment, which was then followed by her saying. "I'm afraid. It was almost like when the bandits attacked our village. They almost dragged me and my mother out of the house, but we were able to escape for a while as when we were outside, they had us cornered."