I nervously watched Millie head down the stairs with Azuria.

"She'll be okay, won't she?" I asked

Francis nodded "I think if Azuria was going to hurt us she would have done it by now. Come on. We should look for the dragons."

We walked down the blue corridors, looking for any sign of dragons. There was nothing. It was really creepy how quiet everything was. The only sound was Simon-Leo clomping behind us and our ragged breathing.

"I'm going this way!" Announced Simon-Leo. He took an abrupt turn towards the dungeons, leaving us alone. Well, except the 'invisible' servants. But they kept their distance.

We walked down the corridors and up hundreds of stairs to investigate all the towers. I wondered if Millie had found out how to control her anger yet. Then we could leave. Unless Millie made us stay until we found Audun's family. That might take forever though. I, myself didn't even think they were actually here. We had seen no sign of them.

"Do you think Azuria really trapped Audun's family?" I wondered, breaking the silence.

"Not really. She seems so nice."

"She's kind of a nut though."

"Well, okay, that's true." Said Francis "But I don't think she did."

"Well then who did?"I asked as we wandered back into the great hall. "It wasn't those weird monster servants, was it?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Zoe. They just follow her orders all the time."

"Even if she rams her chair into them and spills soup on their hands. Wow. They are really loyal."

Francis laughed. "You're funny Zoe. That's one of the reasons I love you…" He stopped, realization of what he'd said dawning on his face. "Er, I mean…"

"Stop, Francis" I whispered.

He turned to look at me "I-I'm sorry Zoe. I meant that I um…

"No, seriously." I said, grabbing his arm. "Stop"

I stood on my tiptoes to look straight into his eyes. "Francis, its okay you said that. I-I love you too."

He leaned forward and kissed me. All thoughts left my brain except Francis is kissing me. Francis is kissing me. Francis is kissing me. And it's awesome.

Suddenly, I heard the noise of someone walking up stairs. We broke apart just as Millie and Azuria came up the stairs.

"Zoe! Francis!" Millie exclaimed. "Did you find anything?"

"No" Francis and I said said at the same time.

"Well, we explored the towers and found out that there's a blizzard out there" explained Francis

"There always is," said Azuria with a sigh

"Simon-Leo's in the dungeons" I added

"I found out how to control my-" she glanced at the furry white creatures "-problem."

And I added to myself I found true love. But would Millie be okay with that?