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'Could be. But where do we look for her?' he asked, exasperated. He scanned the place around them. Dull, gray waters surrounded them. The stench of blood and putrid meat filled their noses. The fish had resumed swimming as if nothing had happened. Ileus was surprised at the weak security Rhys had. He was expecting his own serpents to slither around the periphery for protection. 

His mother had rightly told him about Rhys—he was not a very sharp ruler. He ruled with brute force, but without brains. As they walked further, the place seemed deserted. Where the hell were all the serpent shifters? Or was it that no one visited their kingdom and so the protection was so weak? And if this was then how come his mother wasn't able to find Iona? This was one of the places she had sent her people to. Things were so odd that it confounded him. 

'Let's start looking at the prisons,' Kaizan said. 'We might be able to bribe a guard or someone to find Iona's exact location.