Aria.
The corridor was empty when I got back.
I stood in the doorway of our small quarters and looked at the room for a few seconds before my brain caught up with what my eyes were seeing.
Two small boots by the door. Diana's red ribbon on the floor. The cot with the blanket pushed back and nobody in it.
Empty.
"Freya." My voice came out scared.
Freya turned from the small table where she had been working and the moment she saw my face she stood up.
"They were here," she said immediately. "I stepped out to get more water from the well down the corridor. I was gone for maybe ten minutes Aria. They were sleeping when I left."
"Ten minutes." I repeated it back to her.
"I came back and they were gone. I thought maybe you had come back early and taken them somewhere but—"
I was alread
