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you’re going to do your job by staying here and keeping a healthy environment for that baby of yours.”
    She sighed as she got to her feet. “Get out.” She walked around her bed and covered herself up completely while Darius and I got to our feet with a sigh of our own.
    “Jaylyn, don’t be like this. We’re going to come back with him and when we do, we’re staying here.”
    “Yeah. Our trip has been canceled for this year.”
    Jaylyn didn’t say anything and I looked over at Darius with a nod.
    Darius started to back away and I made one last attempt at comforting her with a hand on her side. “We’ll be back with him before you know it.”

 
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 6
     
     
    Jaylyn
     
    My body trembled from all the possibilities but I waited silently and still while they slowly made their way out of the room.
    The moment the door closed, I took the blankets off my head and looked towards it. “Not before me you’re not.”
    I threw the covers off me completely and got out of bed. After finding everything I needed and getting dressed in my cold weather mission outfit, my eyes found the door and I threw my jacket on the back of a chair and jumped back into bed, covering myself up completely just in time.
    The door slowly opened and Adele stepped in. “Jaylyn?” She walked over and sat next to me. “Hey, they’ll bring him back. You know they will.”
    I stayed quiet to make it seem like I was sleeping or too upset to talk. I didn’t want Adele to catch me in my mission outfit. She would immediately know what I was up to.
    “I know you’re upset but you have to have faith in their friendship because it’s a lot like ours. They won’t give up on him. He’ll come back.” There was another pause and I kept quiet. “Well, I guess that’s what I came in to say. Get some rest. We’ll take this a day at a time. We’re going to bed too. Zayden’s pretty tired from the run. He’ll need his rest so they can get to Troy quickly. Goodnight.” She got up from my side and walked out of the room.
    I waited a few seconds and made sure Adele returned to her room by finding the direction in which she was walking using my gift.
    The moment she was securely inside, I threw the covers off me again with a heavy breath. “Woo! It was getting hot in there. I’m almost ready.”
    I started finishing my outfit by strapping my ring blades to my thighs and putting on my jacket. I even attached the bow and quiver to my back that had belonged to Kole in case it would be of some use.
    It took me just a little while to get everything I needed in order like fixing my bed so it looked like I was still in it and I noticed it was getting late.
    “Okay. I just need one more thing.” I looked towards the door with a heavy sigh. “I really hope they’re asleep.” I snuck out of the room and the palace was still with silence.
    I tiptoed down the hall passed Darius’s door and came to Zayden’s at the corner. I held my breath while I slowly and carefully turned the door knob. The door opened and I did my best to push it open quietly too.
    Zayden and Adele were sleeping, holding each other close and Rift was curled up on a chair. I really didn’t want him to wake and alert Zayden so I snuck in a little farther to look around. Troy’s sword was sitting on Zayden’s night stand and was exactly what I came for. I quietly walked over and reached for it.
    Zayden started to move and I quickly paused, holding my breath. He stopped and I picked up Troy’s sword, grasping it tightly in my hands and looking towards the bed. “You have to understand. This is something I have to do.” I looked around and pulled a white rose out of a nearby vase and set it down in place of Troy’s sword. “Good-bye.”
    I walked out and started my journey in search for Troy. I had one thing on my side, I could feel his presence. All I had to do was find it. Troy told me the route they take before he left and that’s where I would