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Just as we could see the golden and high walls in the distance, I noticed someone riding toward us. He was fast and a lone rider. His eyes were locked on us, but I didn’t take it as a threat. He wore the dragons on his armor—one of us.
We met him halfway, where he stopped his horse and looked as if he were in a hurry. I immediately feared the worst. Had something happened to Laelia?
“My Prince,” he greeted, breathing heavily. “I’ve been looking for you for days!”
“We had some… complications on the way home,” I told him.
I heard Tylon scoff behind me. He certainly didn’t like the way I put things, but it wasn’t the time to go into details.
“I was sent to deliver a message from your father,” he said.
“Well, we’re almost home. I can hear it from him,” I said, starting to put
