The King's Journey

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Then she counted how much gold they have left. Araden was walking down to filter drugs at the stream when he noticed a flyer on a tree. It was old but the picture and writing was still there. He ripped it down and ran back to the wagon with the water jugs. Gala had made a list of what they would need to get at each village plus what they could gather along the way. That's when she saw Araden running towards her. "What happened?" she panicked. When he got to her Araden her the flyer. The flyer was an old but had an old picture of him when he ran away. It said he was wanted for treason and murder. But he ran away to be with Gala. His father wouldn't let him marry her because she wasn't from a Royal or Noble family. So his only choice was to run away before his father could put an arranged marriage in place. They gathered all their belongings and gold they could carry. The only thing he took with him was the ring with the family's Royal seal on it. It was also the Ring of the crowned prince. "The fire says I'm wanted Dead or Alive." he said. She looked at him and then at the photo on the flyer. "You don't look like that anymore. That was 9 years ago Araden. Now let's pack up and go into the wagon and rest. First in the morning will go to The villages carefully and see if we can find out what happened." she told him, settling in the wagon with their children.