It took a couple of minutes for Nate to process what I said.
“Make sure you’re right about this…” he exhaled loudly and mumbled, “the king is gonna kill me.” I sighed and nodded.
“I’m sorry.” I looked at the empty entrance of the dungeon. “And thank you for allowing me to be here. I swear I won’t be long.”
Nate just nodded. Since I told him I wanted to see Lana and told him my reason, something changed in his demeanor and in his eyes. There was a bit of hope and something I couldn’t quite decipher that flashed through them but immediately went away.
“I’ll look for you in the mansion after 15 minutes. If you’re not there, I’ll come back here and get you out.” I nodded. I know he’s just being careful.
”Okay.” Nate once again nodded at me before he urged me to go. I turned my back on h
