Chapter 42

Outside of Addafor and Laidra's bedroom stood three astonished teenagers who coudlnt' believe what they had just heard.

"Did they say-?" Vanilla was a little bit lost for words, they had all heard tales of Addamak and they had always been told that he was a bad person who was blinded by the hopes of the human dimension. "Laylian has left to go with Addamak?"

Acheron scoffed a little bit but smiled slightly. "We should not be surprised. " His eyes held a hint of bitterness and sadness. "Before she left in the first place she was sad here. Though this time she came back...she was deviated." All three of them were upset that she had once again left them all without a warning. They knew that she felt she belonged there, she always had an interest in leaving. The passion which entered her eyes when she spoke about her experiences was more than she had ever expressed.

"That's true." Landso stated strongly. "Though that means that we're going to have to try and find them if we want to continue with the plan." He was trying to stay strong and not let teh hurt show in his voice. "I'm sure that this time she wouldn't have left without telling us. We know the dangers , we know what's happening .We all had a deal." He rambled on as they walked down the corridor .

"I mean yeah-"Vansilla muttered as they walked around the back of the castle, they didn't really know where they were going really, though they did like to sit at the back door when they were allowed to roam the castle. "Maybe we can find a way to track them? Make a Laylian tracker?" Her grin was one of cheek

"That's-" Acheron said loudly "-not a bad idea..." He trailed off and tapped his chin thinking . "We could literally make a Laylian tracker, the three of us . it doesn't have to be anything fancy. Something small which will tell us what direction she is in. Something like a compass ."

All three stopped to stare at each other. Slowly grins appeared on their faces. They immediately joined hands and concentrated. They didn't know exactly what the others were thinking of but the general idea of a compass brought their image and wish to life. On the floor, in the middle of the triangle, appeared a very small device. It was about the size of a coin , it was white and had a black L on it.

"Alright then," Landso held his hand out and the device dropped into his palm . "We made a thing-follow it?" The L on the device seemed to move as Landso turned it , it always faced the same direction , no matter what direction it turned. He started walking and looking down, leaving through the door quietly.

"Of course." Acheron mumbled as he saw where they were heading. "They must have left this way as well . Though it would make sense if she had the h- i mea Tyrell with them." It was a rather unusual situation where they had contact with a human, this was practically their first interaction with humankind and if they were all honest it wasn't like they expected. They were told that humans were weak and useless creatures . Tyrell seemed to be none of that as he had found the majority of the important information that none of them had found in the library.

It wasn't a long trip when it came to time , though it was an extremely inconvenient trip. They had to jump across rivers and boulders, climb over fallen trees. They all wished that they considered this earlier and had dressed more appropriately for the occasion. The one who was feeling this the most was Vansilla, who knew that she was going to be forced to hand sew her dress back together again due to the rips.

They had hid in the bushes once they started to hear noises, it was that moment their faces grew pale and they held their breath. They realized how silly they were to be in the forest. They were never allowed in the forest really, unless their parents were with them. That's how Laylian met Sylvester, they were all on a family outing to the forest. Though it was more like a patrol of the forest, making sure that nobody was spying on the castle front he forest, or plotting against the fae.

Three little troublemakers exited the trees. Of course not many of them were surprised, Kelso was extremely confused as to who the three were, though she had been told about three younger teens and so she just assumed it was them. She grinned a little bit , from what she had heard she was going to get on well with them.

"Of course we can't..." Addamak groaned as he looked at the teens . "I suppose you two are more nephews i have never gotten the chance to meet?" His analytical eyes travelled to Vansilla, his expression dropped a tiny bit "and you must be the child of the royals, pleasure to meet you all."

The three were stunned that they were being addressed by this man who they now know to be the boy's uncle. It was clear they were lost for words and so vanilla steppedv forward with a polite smile "Likewise." She held her hand out for him to shake it, it wa s much to everyone's surprise .Addamak shook her hand cautiously which she noticed. "What? I can be nice...when i want to be."

"Yes we believe that wholeheartedly Vansilla." Sylvester joked with a smirk though the playful tone didn't last long. "So i'm assuming that you overheard someone ...or should i say -" he cleared his throat and use dair quotations "Heard something?" The three newcomers walked over to the group and sat down, They didn't seem to care much about where they sat and so they just plopped themselves down opposite the two couples.

"Hello i'm Kelso!" Kelso piped in cheerfully. She could see the three fae relax a little bit as suspicions were confirmed. Following was short introductions which none of them were particularly fond of the atmosphere which came with it. It left an air of awkwardness and suspense .

"So...are we going?"