Mighty slap!!

But what he saw stopped him! He left his window opened! He closed it and left. Down the corridor Astrid waited for her brother! Once they were together, she presented her issue as she tried to match the pacing of Lysander's long legs!

"I got you the list of names you asked for! Now is to track them down!" Astrid said and handed the list to him.

Lysander snatched the list and looked at the names and locations of the suspects!

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Thyra went in to the dungeon to serve food. She switched on the light and went from dungeon to dungeon! Upon reaching Henrietta's dungeon, she couldn't help but smile a little even though she felt a little bit of sympathy for her!

Henrietta sensed her presence and looked up! Her eyes filled with pure unfiltered hatred!

"Brought you breakfast, your highness!" She said with a little bit of mockery in her tone!

Henrietta just stared hard into her eyes while Thyra totally unbothered, served her a wholesome amount of good delicious food!

"Hey, you! Pray I don't ever come out of here! I would come for you and that princess otherwise!"

"We'll be waiting!"Thyra said swaying her hips away!

Once she got to Xenia's dungeon, she prepared her food and greeted her....

"Good morning, Princess!"

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"I brought you breakfast!" Xenia said preparing the food. After she passed the food and noticed that she still wasn't taking the food from her hands, she looked closely into the dungeon and noticed there was no one in there!

"Princess Xenia?" She ran to inform the king that Xenia had escaped!

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Lysander was in his study when his guards announced the presence of the maids. Two maids bursted inside breathlessly!

"Your.... your highness! The....the....the princess...is no longer....in bed!"

"H....!"

But before Lysander could speak out, Thyra entered unannounced!

"Princess Xenia has escaped!"

Lysander slammed his hands on his table and went outside. He ordered for them to be looked for by everybody in the land! Meanwhile he strolled down to the servant's department! They all rised up and curtsied but Lysander was in no mood!

"Who took care of the princess today?" he asked and six maids stepped forward!

"Which fragrance did you use in bathing her today?"

"The....the rose sir!"

Lysander left the confused maids afterwards! He went outside and sniffed the newly applied scent! He tracked it down and followed the path it led him to! But he couldn't sense anything anymore! It stopped where he stopped! Just then he felt something smash on his head! He turned around and received another smash on the head again!!!!

Xenia was about to throw her second glass when Lysander caught her arms and threw the bottle away! Xenia ran out of his arms headed towards the forest! But Lysander caught her before she could take a step!

"Where is Anastasia?" He asked while holding her dress up!!

"You want me to tell you?"

"Xenia, it's dangerous tell me now!!!!"

"Let me go!!!" She said struggling to free out of his grip.

Lysander tried to get to her thoughts! But she kept her mind blank! She wasn't thinking about her sister! Lysander angrily tied her up to a tree!

"Tell me where you took her to!" He said wrapping his hands around her neck!

Xenia had successfully completed her one month old plan! When the guard in charge of the keys stood by her cell, she put her hands between the spaces between the gate and wrapped her hands around the guards neck! Strangling him!After she tried many keys, she finally unlocked hers!

She sneaked out disguised as the guard and after roaming the entire palace taking her about two and a half hours, she found her in a certain grand room! She carried her sister and sneaked her out when nobody we as watching! With the help of someone in the palace, she passed through the backyard and ran off all through the help of someone in the palace!!!

She handed her sister to Casimir who she saved with their mother when she sensed someone following them! Later, she found out that it was Lysander following her and that was when she smashed the empty wine bottles against his head!!

Meanwhile, Casimir rested under a tree with the unconscious Anastasia on his lap with his mother! Anastasia's wound from the last beatings she had, had disappeared completely without a trace! Her mother was checking her very well to see of what she was seeing was right!

"What? I...I saw them beating my baby! Where are the wounds?"

"Mother! Please! What is your problem? You people say things that drive me insane! First is that I was kidnapped before this recent one! And then Anastasia was beaten before a crowd? Come on I and you were in the same dungeon and how did you even know that Anastasia was brought here?" Casimir said causing his poor mother to cry out more!

"You were drugged before I was sent to see everything!!! Casimir!!!" His mother said sobbing!

"Let's end it here please!" Anastasia opened her eyes and the first person she saw was her mother! She slowly rised up and sat up leaning against Casimir! She turned to look at her brother and Casimir gasped!

"Why are your eyes...?" He asked completely unaware of what happened last time in Edgeville, since he was locked up!

"Anastasia are you okay?" Her mother asked.

Anastasia looked around her and her head started throbbing!

"Lysander!"

"Who?" Casimir asked narrowing his eyes.

"Xenia!"

"She's coming baby! We'll be out of here soon!" Her mother said pampering her last born!

"No!"

"No?" her mother asked surprised!

"I have to see Lysander!" She said those words which came out as a whisper!

"No you don't, baby! He's the bad guy! I was told by his sister, Henrietta!!"

"What? Who?" Casimir asked confused!

But they ignored him! Anastasia tried to stand on her feet but she felt weak and pain was all over her body! She just assumed it was because of her beatings!

She stood up finally, and headed to no where! For some reason she saw she was able to sense two separate smell from a distance! One which belonged to her sister and the other to Lysander!

She walked forward with her mother and brother trailing over to her waving their hands. Finally she made her way to them and the sight which welcomed her angered her! Lysander had tied her sister to a tree with hands wrapped around her neck!

She ran forward so fast she was shocked she was ranning this fast!

She strongly pulled his hands off her sister's neck and succeeded!

"How dare you!"

The anger in Lysander's eyes dissipated once he got sight of Anastasia! He was feeling this weird tingling sensation in him! Sensation for warmth from her! He was yearning for her hug but it was the opposite. She landed a slap on his cheeks leaving a hand mark on Lysander's cheeks!

The sound of the slap resounded in the entire forest! Xenia was shocked to the core! Their mother went back a little shocked! Casimir just jumped high whispering 'Yes'!

Truth be told, Lysander was a bit taken aback! Anastasia never acted rudely! She was kind-hearted! She had changed! Anastasia's went backwards a bit and stared at her shivering hands tears welling up her eyes!