Six Rivers Kingdom - The Phoenix King

Waiting

Aerabella found out come morning that the men who had found her were known to steal and sell women as slaves and she had gotten lucky Kyne and his group had passed by when they did. Kyne managed to convince the other people he traveled with to come back for Aerabella after their mission. Kyne made up a story of Aerabella being "Bell" and that she lived near the closest town where they would be traveling to on the way back. Due to her weakness from not being fed in the care of those men who had kidn*pped all the other women he told them it would be safest if they escorted her back and that she would wait here for a few days while they completed their mission. Aerabella didn't like the idea of being alone, but she hated the idea of going to the castle again even more.

Kyne had 3 companions with him. Lionel, a large man with mane like blonde hair and lion like features. Fix, a slight framed shifter with fox orange hair and gold eyes, and Freyah, a tall beautiful black haired elf. All of which were very skeptical of Aerabella. She didn't blame them. She was a strange helpless girl, covered in scarrs whom they had met in the woods wearing only a pair of underclothes. She could see the absurdity of the situation but this was all she had to work with.

The group and Aerabella parted ways and she kept the new camp they had made for her as quiet and covered as possible for the next few days. She would be terrified to be alone but there was nothing else she could do. she couldn't let Kyne miss this opportunity to save whoever this girl was. He clearly carred a great deal for her.

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"Are we really going back for her after you rescue your sister?" Fix asked.

"Yes! Since when have you known me to lie?" Kyne said.

"You know we should just ditch her, she's a distraction for you." Freyah stated in a flat tone.

"We are going back for her. End of discussion." Kyne said.

"You know I'm the leader of this rag tag group right?" Lionel said. "My instinct tells me to go back for her, but my experience agrees with Freyah. I think I'm gonna go with my instinct on this one though. She looks like she could use help."

"Thank you." Kyne smiled back at Lionel. As he did he could see that Lionel seemed to know a lot more than he was letting on.

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Aerabella shivered in the dark. she didn't know how to light a fire, nor did she want to for fear of being caught. the group had left her a blanket, and enough food for 3 days and told her to head west if they weren't back in 3 days time. Aerabella didn't know what way west was or why she would go west other than to leave the kingdom. She wanted to take back her rightful place, but if she left the kingdom she couldn't do that. She had a lot of thinking to do for the next few days. She could only continue to hope she could trust these people.

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"How do you know this is the way?" Freyah asked, "I don't recall this mentioned in the plans."

Freyah was a very by the book person. Lionel trusted Kyne way too much for her, but at the same time, Kyne tended to have info or know people he shouldn't and had gotten them out of trouble many times. One of these days she would figure out who Kyne really was.

"Yes Freyah, now stay quiet. I don't know who might be down here." Kyne was leading the group. He was their best fighter, Lionel was their best tactionist, and Freyah and Fix were the back up. Sometimes it felt insulting to her that no one listened to her, but she was paid by the job and not to lead. she bit her tongue and followed Kyne blindly once again.

"Kyne," Lionel whispered. Kyne stopped for a moment, hearing the warning tone in his voice."She has been here for a few weeks. Keep in mind she may not look the same."

"Yes I know" Kyne said stiffly then continued on.

Thanks to Aerabella they made it into the dungeon un noticed and found the cell they needed immediately inside the secret passage. Fix picked the lock silently and they carefully opened the door.

"Loril, let's go!" Kyne hissed.

Tears filled the girls similar eyes. She looked like the female version of Kyne, dark hair, Golden brown eyes and tan skin. Kyne scooped her up and they all moved back to the secret passage. Everyone had to squeeze through separately so Loril had to walk a few steps on her own. the stone in the passage way was rough on her bare feet and the shif dress she wore snagged on the rocks but she pushed forward. once they were free Kyne and the others cut through some back yards and snagged a few dresses. one for Loril and one for Aerabella.