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Maxon:
I walked down the halls to the guard's wing. I had only been there a few times, including the time America was shot. Which also meant I knew exactly where Leger's room was. I hadn't gotten far before I knew I was recognized. I could feel the questioning stares and hear the baffled whispers.
When I made it down to his door, I knocked one, twice, before entering. He had no respect for me and mine so I didn't have to respect him and his. "Leger," I called as I stepped into the small room.
He wasn't in it, which was my first observation. The second was that the note I remembered being on his wall was missing as well. I remembered his strange reaction to me pointing it out and how if I looked back on it, how familiar the handwriting is. America had written it to him. The fact that it was no longer on his wall meant either they had stopped seeing each other like America had implied, or that once he was caught he came back here to hide the evidence. I didn't know which one to think, but my heart was definitely hoping for the former.
I turned and left the room when a man walked up. He started. I could tell it wasn't Leger, especially by the way he kept his head slightly down in difference. "Your Highness, can I help you find something?"
"No, I was just looking for Officer Leger."
His head snapped up. "Aspen?" So he knew him.
"Yes," I recognized him then. He had helped us get out of the palace. "Do you know where he is?"
Avery. His name was Avery. "No, You Highness." Avery suddenly looked sick. "No one has seen him sense the fight."
I looked down at my watch. It had almost been a full day sense the actually fighting had ended. An image appeared in my mind of right when the attack had started. Someone had called out to warn us. Aspen had. And he was shot the moment it left his mouth.
"Is he. . ." I didn't finish that thought.
"We have almost all the bodies accounted for and identified. I was just down there to look for him. His body isn't there." Avery didn't look like he believed it himself.
"Is it possible for him to still be unlocking safe rooms?" Sometimes it takes a while for them to be opened. I don't understand why finding him alive was so important to me, I hated him. Didn't I?
"You report to your proceeding officers after an attack is over, before going out to unlock safe rooms. He isn't here." Avery's worry showed through his words.
"Come with me." We started down the halls, back up to the third floor. I needed to check surveillance, figure out what happened.
"Your Majesty?" The question in his voice was clear.
"We're going to find out what happened to Aspen Leger."