"I have good news!"
Alyss looked up from what she was reading to Pauline. Her old mentor was holding a letter up in the air looking happy.
"What is it?" Alyss asked after a respectable pause.
"Will is allowed to come to us. He is only allowed to go as far as the ranger cabin and he isn't allowed to enter the castle so you visits are going to be slightly uneven."
"But I still am allowed to see him?"
"Yes." Alyss smiled at the news and then looked up sharply.
"What's wrong?" Pauline asked, starting to get worried.
"I just remembered something..." Alyss trailed off, looking away at something only she could picture. Pauling paused waiting for her to continue.
"My attacker had a Hibernan (sp?) accent and said he bore a message from the royal family." Pauline sat down on a chair heavily, placed her head in her hands and thought for a moment. Either someone has a massive grudge against Will or something was wrong concerning Halt. It didn't matter which one it was really as both would lead to events with bad consequences.
"Is there anything else you can remember?" she asked Alyss whilst her head was still in her hand. There was an unknown silence for a long time however before it was able to fully develop, Pauline grew curious and looked up again.
Alyss was standing there with tears streaming down her face looking off into the distance out the window.
"What's wrong?" Pauline asked getting worried. The silence in the room was growing and her knowledge of that silence was that it could only get worse until it was eliminated.
"He said that I was to give a message to you. 'Say goodbye to Halt and Will. They won't last long. The royal family said hi.' And then they pushed me down the stairs." Pauline nodded at Alyss' statements and then drew the younger woman in towards her. It took a few minutes but eventually Alyss calmed down.
I know that this took me a life time but everything sort of hit a wall in my life. It's not even long I'm sorry...
I would say that I will update faste but knowing my luck it will probably be even longer than before. :)
Alyss Mainwaring