Lucian’s POV:
“Have you found her?” My worry was plain as day in my tone.
The guard hesitated before he spoke. “No, sir. We've searched the whole area and the surrounding vicinity, but she's nowhere to be found.”
“How on earth can an 18-year-old girl manage to escape such a fortress?” I thundered, causing the men standing before me to shudder.
I cast my sight to the two men on their knees: Felix and Boyd. “You two,” my hands were pointed straight at them. “I had instructed you to keep watch over her door. What is your excuse?”
The taller one spoke, looking to the ground to avoid my eyes. “Sir… we thought you instructed everyone to gather at the garden, and so we left to attend the ceremony.” His words were shaky as he spoke.
The other nodded in agreement.
These incompetent nincompo
