Hunted (Free Story)

Chapter 3

****New Character****

Lila -  (Killian's Fiancé)

Hair - Blond

Eyes - Green

Skin - Pale/Golden

Age - 18

Sol's Pov

    Sol was suddenly awoken the next morning by someone banging on the door of her room. She gathered her things quickly and threw everything into her leather bag, afraid her brother had found her. When the knocking started again she peeked through the crack under the door and saw shiny polished boots with the Helandrian crest,  she immediately knew they were soldiers and quickly shot up from the ground, and grabbed her things. 

The window was already open a bit and Sol cracked it open even more and slid onto the morning grass, wet with dew, and sprinted down the road to the forest. She suddenly heard shouts behind her, she looked back, but only saw a beggar trying to haggle with an angry butcher. 

    Sol hurried on down the road until she reached a horse stable. She peaked through the doors and saw a beautiful Selrianian mare, the horse had light grey dappled coat with black spots. She wanted to snatch her, but she knew she needed a less conspicuous horse while riding on Helandrian roads. She settled on a tall chestnut stallion. She quickly saddled him up and trotted out on him before she could be caught. 

Killian's Pov

    Killian had just gotten the news his sister's ring had been found a a shoddy inn, but she had been no where to be found. The dogs hadn't been able to pick up a scent and there were countless roads she could have gone down, all of them being equally travelled. He planned to travel to a few of the neighboring kingdoms himself, mostly to find his traitorous sister but to also get a feel for their courts and how to make them all implode from the inside. For him to sweep in and conquer them at just the right moment.   

    Killian hurried down stairs and mounted his Helandrian stallion. A beast of a horse, named Simon. He saw his fiancé Lila climbing into her carriage, she smiled and waved at him, to which he responded with a curt nod of his head. He had decided to bring her along to speak with the ladies of other courts to get a feel for how they would respond to him being king. It was almost better than speaking to the lords and noblemen. He knew most of the ladies manipulated their husbands in one way or another, so it helped to know what they thought. If he got them on his side it was almost guaranteed he would have no opposition while taking over other kingdoms. 

    Lila was his perfect partner in almost every way, she had the same lust for power and control as him, and loved to help in, and plot his schemes if it came as advantage to her, it usually did. It helped she was a pretty little thing and could get most men to talk after a drink or two. 

Lila's Pov

    Lila hissed at her carriage hit a bump in the road and reminded herself over and over, if this worked she would be queen of the largest kingdom the world had ever seen. Though she preferred to call it a queendom, after all, she decided she was just as important as a king, and she could run a country just as well. She did love Killian though and would never wish him harm, she may have been power hungry but murderous wasn't one of her traits. 

    Lila and Killian had been engaged since they were six, it was only political until he turned twenty and she was fifteen, that they had truly fell in love and realized how similar they were. Lila's kingdom had fallen two years ago to a far away country. Helandria then retaliated and slaughtered the perpetrators. They then swallowed Lila's old kingdom, almost doubling the size of Helandria.