DARIUS’ POV
We had searched the castle thoroughly, but we were not able to find the prisoner who escaped.
“Someone must have helped him escape,” Asher said, grunting in annoyance after a fruitless search.
He looked like he had something else in mind, but he didn’t know how to say it.
“You can say whatever is going on in your mind, Asher,” I said to him, knowing fully that he was struggling within himself to make a decision.
“I don’t think it’s very important, King Darius.” He responded, and then he sighed. But I knew that he was trying to make me forget about it.
“If that’s what you wish, Asher. I am exhausted, and I think that I have to get some rest. Get the guards to keep on searching the entire kingdom. They should break into homes if they need to, that prisoner cannot be let
