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Peter pulled Susan back lightly to read her expression on her face. He asked, "Did he see you?"

Susan shook her head, he body was shaking in fear. "No. I don't think so. What if he did, George?"

"If anything he only got a glance in. It's alright. Just calm down." He pulled her back into the embrace.

She asked in his shoulder, "Aren't you supposed to be hunting?"

Peter sighed. "I killed a deer. The leader let me come back early."

Susan pulled away with horror in her eyes. She put her hands on his shoulders. "You can't show off. You have to act like you don't know what you're doing. You can't become an insurgent."

He raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

"Just trust me on this. Kale leads the insurgents. You have to act like you've never held a sword before in your life. Not until we get you know who and get out."

He saw the pleading in her eyes. He nodded. "Fine. How did you even see Kale? I thought you were working in the garden."

Susan shook her head. "Not with my arm, Tilian wouldn't let me. I give water to the men training. It's only because I'm considered pretty. I feel discriminated."

Peter looked irritated again. He crossed his arms. "Are they giving you a hard time?"

Susan looked away from his gaze. That gave him the answer to his question. She saw his face become angry. She shook her head. "Please don't. Nothing will happen. I threw water at the one who said something to me."

She saw her brother smirk. "That's my sister." He stretched out his muscles. "I'm going to go back to sleep. Are you sure you're alright without me?"

Susan nodded, although she was unsure herself. Peter left her standing in the main city alone. Everyone was either at their job, or sleeping in. She sighed and slowly made her way back to the training area. She noticed everyone who was there before was gone. Rilla looked at Susan worriedly. "Are you sure you're alright?" Then her face turned hard and pale. She whispered, "You're not pregnant are you, Emerald?"

Susan shook her head vigorously. "Why? Is that a bad thing?"

Rilla nodded her head. "Especially if you're pregnant with a leader's child and not married. They keep you locked up in the cells, so you don't ruin their reputation. When you give birth, they kill the child automatically."

Susan gasped. "What if the child is not a leaders?"

Rilla sighed as if she'd seen it many times before. "If you're not married to the man, and they want nothing to do with the baby, they kill it as well during delivery. But you walk around with shame written on you for nine months. You have life inside you, but you know they're going to take it away from you sometime."

Susan saw the hints of sadness placed on Rilla's face. Susan mean to pry, but she had to ask, "Does this happen often?"

She nodded. "With no rules, rape is common. That's why when you're in here you need to find someone to marry fast, so they can protect you. But anyway, one of the girls is pregnant right now with someone's baby, and he doesn't want it. She's seven months in."

Susan looked up at Rilla. "Then why is everyone here?"

She sighed. "Same as you and me. We all need a place to stay and not worry about money. We can't afford to live in Narnia."

Edmund thought that most of Katerina's maids were probably in the stables. He was correct. He couldn't ever forget the girl with the green eyes staring at him. He yelled to her, "Margaret!"

She shook her head and started to run down the stables. Edmund knew that there was a dead end, so he took his time to get to her. She stopped at the end and faced Edmund. He stood in front of her with his arms crossed. "I need to talk to you."

Margaret tried to run past him but failed. He placed his hands on her shoulders and looked into her eyes. She replied with hurt in her voice, "Why don't you go talk to Princess Katerina. She's very excited to be reunited with you."

Edmund was shocked by the tone in her voice. Then he saw the mark on her eye. He brushed over it lightly with his thumb. "What happened to you? I swear Margaret, you better not lie to me."

She sighed. "Katerina hit me. She found out we kissed, well she suspected."

He clenched his jaw in anger. She touched his jaw lightly, which made him calm down. She whispered, "Please, Edmund. She's a princess. You deserve better than me. I deserve less than you. I was selfish; I made you kiss me."

He shook his head. "You didn't make me. I wanted to kiss you. And besides, it's not your right to tell me who I deserve and who I don't."

Margaret took her hand off of his jaw. "I'm sorry, Edmund. This can never be. Thank you for kissing me."

Edmund let her go. She walked slowly past him, she walked tall and confident. He ran up behind Margaret. He said, "If we can't be together, can we at least be friends?"

She turned around and smiled at him. "I never thought you'd ask….What do friends in the castle do exactly?"

He smiled back at her. "I teach you how to shoot a bow or practice sword fighting if you'd want."

He held out his hand for her to take. She smiled and took it. "I would love either one. Surprise me."

Caspian finished the day catching two rabbits with Eli. He was tired, dirty, and sweaty, and it was only the afternoon. Eli and Caspian were joking about something and laughing as they walked into the main city. Apparently, many young women took notice.

A large amount of them walked up to the attractive Eli. One asked, "Eli? Who's your friend?"

He smiled humbly. It made the women melt. "This is my new friend, Marian."

The petite blonde smiled at him. "It's nice to meet you Marian. You must be new."

Caspian nodded gratefully. "I am. Eli has been so kind to me."

Susan walked tiredly from her job to see Caspian and another man standing near a bunch of women around her own age. She started to become slightly jealous. Susan walked faster over to where her husband was standing.

The woman asked, "So what do you like most here, Marian?"

Susan barged in. She shoved Caspian sibling-like. "Hey! When did you get back in?"

At first, Caspian saw some emotions play on her features. All he needed to see was fear. He read it all over in different places. He gave her a cautioned look. "Just a few moments ago. How about you?"

She could tell he was reading her. Caspian's eyes were searching all over her face. "Same as you."

Eli nudged Caspian lightly. "Why don't you introduce me to your friend?"

Caspian smiled. "This is my sister, Emerald."

Many of the women looked relieved to hear the word sister slip out of his mouth. Susan smiled at Eli. He smiled as he said, "My name is Eli. Your brother is a good man. I hope he continues to be my hunting partner."

Susan giggled at his formality. Eli asked, "What's so funny?"

"Nothing. You're just the first Free Man to be so formal towards me. It's different."

Caspian then saw the look on Eli's face. He was starting to like Susan. Caspian said, "Well, my sister and I have a lot of catching up to do. I'll see you later Eli."

He waved goodbye. "Goodbye Marian. Goodbye Emerald."

Caspian took his wife to his room, where Peter was already snoring peacefully. He pulled Susan over to the corner of the room and asked, "What happened?"

She saw his eyes once again searching for the emotion on her face. She raised an eyebrow. "How can you read me like that?"

He smirked. "I have been married to you for a while. I should know when something is bothering you."

She caved in. "This place is horrible. I found out today, that expectant mothers can lose their children. Also, I saw Kale and learned about what insurgents are." She explained to Caspian every last detail about the insurgents and the pregnant women. She also talked about Kale, Rilla, and all of the men saying things to her.

She couldn't read Caspian's face. Too many emotions were everywhere. He surprised Susan by pulling her in for a long hug. He whispered to her, "We're going to get out of here as fast as we can. But first we need to know where they're keeping the two."

Susan nodded her head into his chest. She whispered back, "It seems to me, that you have many admirers, Marian."

He chuckled. "None of them can meet up to your standards. We need to make up a signal."

Susan pulled out from his chest to search his eyes. "A signal? For what?"

He whispered into her ear. "If we need to talk like a married couple, or tell one another things privately."

Susan nodded. "Then you're right. We desperately need a signal."

They both thought about it for a moment. Caspian spoke first, "How about running our fingers through our hair?"

Susan pouted. "But sometimes my hair is up, like right now." It was in a ponytail.

Caspian suggested, "If it's up like that, you just take it down. There, we have our signal."

Susan smiled and asked, "So like this?"

She pulled out her ponytail and ruffled her hair a bit. It framed her face beautifully. Caspian took a lock and put it behind her ear and smiled. "Just like that."

They both smiled at each other, looking into each other's eyes. Susan whispered, "It's really hard to not kiss you right now."

He whispered back, "No one's stopping you."

Susan giggled at his persistence. "Those men walking past us right now are." Right on cue, about three men walked past laughing and talking about something. She continued, "By the way, you reek. Go wash yourself."

He laughed. "Like you smell even better."

She hit him playfully in the arm. Caspian then kissed her forehead. Susan closed her eyes into his lips touching her. When he pulled away, he joked, "I guess that's the most intimate we'll be for a while."

Susan sadly smiled. "I guess so. I'm going to go back to my room. Maybe Violet will be there, and we can then explore more of this place."

Susan left the room, and Eli walked right in. He looked relieved, "Finally. I found where your room is. I wanted to let you know some girls are interested in you, Marian. How about you and your sister come to the bonfire tonight."

Caspian raised an eyebrow. "Don't I have a curfew?"

Eli brushed it off. "We're free remember? Who even follows the curfew? Stick with me, Marian, and you'll be living the dream life."

Susan walked back to her room. Violet was sitting on her bed. Susan smiled at her and asked, "So how was your day?"

Violet sounded happy. "Wonderful. The garden job isn't hard at all. Also, we were lucky enough to meet William's wife, Marianna."

Susan cringed inwardly at the name, but played it off cool. She asked genuinely interested, "What's she like?" Even though Susan had many answers to that question to herself.

Violet shrugged her shoulders. "She seemed nice. She asked all of us how we liked it here. She seemed as if she actually cared about us. But she seemed drifted for a leader."

"How so?"

"I don't know. It's like she was thinking about something else when she met with us. It probably has something to do with the noble children here. I think it's horrible. They're both too young, they can't defend themselves. They must be scared out of their minds."

Susan nodded. She remembered seeing her daughters face on that stage. Pure fear was everywhere. "I agree with you. I bet the Kings and Queens are heartbroken." Susan could prove it to be true.

Violet sighed sadly. "Yes. Well, I'm going to spend time with my father. See how his day went."

Susan smiled. "Have fun." Violet walked out of the room and moments later Susan left to go back to Caspian. She got to his room and noticed he had company.

Eli stood in front of Susan and gave her the smile that made Caspian envious. Susan noticed Eli staring at her a little too long and started to blush. "I'm sorry. I didn't know you had company."

Eli said confidently, "It's fine, I was just leaving. But I'm glad you came in. You're invited to our bonfire tonight. Do you want to come?"

Susan looked behind Eli to Caspian to have his approval. He nodded his head. Susan answered, "I would love to. I just don't know where it is."

Eli said swiftly, "It's fine. I'll come to your room and take you there. I'll see you tonight." He smiled at her one last time before leaving.

Susan walked back to her husband. She joked, "Let's go find the hidden treasures of this cave."

Caspian nodded. Susan saw he looked distracted. "What's wrong?"

Caspian shook his head. "Just keep your distance from Eli. He just looks and smiles at you, like…."

Susan smiled. "I've noticed. But don't worry remember. Only your smile makes me go weak at the knees."

Caspian smiled at her comment. She laughed. "Stop it. I'm going to fall."

He smiled brighter. "I'll catch you." They were broken out of the moment by a snore coming from Peter. Their laughter echoed the room.

Peter moved in his bed. He moaned, "Shut up! Someone is trying to sleep."

It only made the two laugh harder. Peter groaned. "Neither of you want me to get up. You won't like it."

Susan teased, "Whatever you say. We're so scared."

Peter didn't hear anything she'd said because he already fell back asleep. Susan turned back to her husband. "Let's explore."

The two walked through their hall and into the main city. They walked into the market together. People were sitting around eating lunch. Caspian heard Susan's stomach growl. He laughed. "Is someone hungry?"

She smiled at him. "I haven't eaten for a day."

Caspian saw a stand giving out cooked deer. They walked over to it, and the man at the stand gave them the food for free. Susan took a bite, and made a sound that meant it was good. Caspian asked, "Is it good?"

Susan looked up at him. "It's amazing. I don't know how much longer I could go on without food."

At the same time, Susan and Caspian heard an uproar. People were gathered in a circle surrounding someone. Two men were fighting over something. Susan looked up at Caspian looked to see what he thought. He didn't look back at her. Caspian was staring at the men as if they were stupid.

Caspian pushed past the crowd. Susan tried to pull him back but was unsuccessful, Caspian was too strong for her especially with only one arm. Caspian got to the middle and pulled one of the men off the other one. He looked at Caspian angrily. "What are you doing? This is none of your business."

Caspian crossed his arms to discipline the man. "Does hurting someone really solve your problems? Grow up and act like a true man."

The man sneered at Caspian. "You have no right to tell me what to do." Without another word, the man punched Caspian right in the jaw.

Caspian touched the spot lightly and angrily. He went back at the man, and the two started another fight. Susan was concerned, but she was too weak to push past the crowd. The crowd was broken up by the yelling of a familiar voice. It was William. He yelled, "A fight? Really? We fight together, not against one another."

Caspian got another hit in before hearing William. Caspian ran out of the circle quickly and grabbed a hold of Susan before running out. He took her as far away from where the fight was as possible. Caspian was panting heavily, and when he looked up, Susan had her arms crossed in annoyance. She said, "Why? Why would you be so stupid? Do not draw attention to yourself."

Caspian shook his head. "I had to at least do something. That man was going to die. I couldn't stand around like everyone else."

Susan sighed and looked at his face. Caspian had blood running down his face from his nose, and his jaw was a bright red, turning blue. Susan touched his jaw lightly. "Does it hurt?"

He winced in pain, but lied, "No. It's just a hit to the face."

As she ripped off a piece of Caspian's shirt, she remarked, "The flinching in pain, really didn't give it away at all. Come on. Let's go to your room and fix you up."

Susan tugged on his arm and led him to his room. She gave Caspian the cloth from his shirt and dabbed his nose lightly, as the two sat on his bed. Caspian looked at her calm and compassionate face the entire time. She finished and said, "Keep pressure there."

Caspian took the cloth his hands and held it there. She brushed her fingers over his jaw. "I don't know what to do about that, since I don't have any ice."

He took her hand in his. "I'm fine. Let's go back out and try to find things out."

Then they heard Peter move around in his bed. Peter got up and looked at the two. He pointed to Caspian. "What happened to you?"

Caspian smirked charmingly. "You should see the other man."

Peter chuckled. "I guess nothing major."

Susan replied, "We were almost caught by William. Please whatever you do, do not draw attention to yourself. I know both of you love to do that."

Caspian spoke up. "I'm going to stand up for what I believe. If that man was going to kill another over a petty thing, I will do something about it. Even if it does draw attention to myself."

Susan knew they were on the verge of an argument. She stayed calm and asked wearily, "But is it worth it to risk your own life for the sake of others?"

Caspian stood up now. "Yes. That's what leaders do. They risk what they have for the sake of others."

Peter walked out of the room already knowing the two needed to be alone. Susan walked closer to her husband. "I'm sorry. I didn't look at it that way."

He shook his head. "These people have no idea what I do for them." He looked down in disappointment.

She squeezed his hands. "But think of all the people that do know of all that you do. I know."

He looked at Susan gratefully. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't be angry at you. I should be angry at these people. They took our daughter, and we're getting her back."

Susan nodded once. They walked out of the room together, as Peter slouched against the wall outside the room. He asked quietly, "Are you two alright?" He was asking Susan more than Caspian, being the big brother he was.

Susan nodded and smiled reassuringly. She nudged her brother lightly. "Let's go."

He smiled. "I'll race you to the main city." He started to run right after the sentence left his lips.

Susan started to run. She yelled, "Hey! That's not fair! I have a broken arm!" The two laughed on the way there. Caspian walked behind them, smiling at them.

Peter beat Susan to the main city and laughed at his victory. Susan caught up to him and slapped his arm playfully. She said, "You're as bad as Or…."

She stopped herself from saying the name. Susan's smile faded as she thought about her daughter. While she was playing games with Peter, her daughter was locked up somewhere. Afraid and Trembling. Susan shook her head. Peter placed a firm hand on her shoulder. "It's alright. We'll find them soon."

Caspian caught up to the siblings. He asked, "Where should we go next?"

Susan shrugged her shoulders. Peter answered, "We can walk further through the market."

They walked through the market together. They walked to the very end of it. Susan said, "Well that's it. There's nothing there."

Then a little boy ran behind a stand excitedly. Susan followed the little boy curiously. Peter and Caspian followed suite. There was a hallway with stairs heading down. There was an echo of water coming from them. The three walked quietly and cautioned as they made their way down the steps.

The roaring of water became louder, as they walked down each step. When they got to the bottom step, the tunnel opened up into a bigger area. There was a waterfall pouring into a lake. There was a rocky bridge leading to the waterfall. Something secret was behind the waterfall.

Susan tip-toed closer towards the waterfall. Right when she was at touching distance of the waterfall, two guards came out. One said sternly, "What are you doing here?"

She acted scared and innocent. "Oh I'm sorry. Is this area restricted?"

The two looked at her like she was insane. The one nodded his head. "Unless a leader gives you permission to be down here, it is restricted. Run along now."

Susan rolled her eyes and walked back with Peter and Caspian. She whispered to the two of them, "That's where they are. I have a plan to get to them."

I hope you guys liked the chapter. If you hadn't noticed, I'm adding more characters to make the story more complex which mean da da da daaaaa...More Chapters! Yes I am dragging this story out! Please, please, please, please leave a review! I like to know that people are reading the story and have opinions!(P.S- I like nice opinions :)) Reviews make me happy! Anyway, also follow and favorite!