Garrick was sure of one thing; Axel wasn't the son he knew. At first, he didn't want to believe what Roland was saying but after looking at the evidence he didn't have a choice. If the sworn witness testimonies weren't enough, James's evidence was. He had evidence that Hugo and Sofia were in the boat and that the boat had sailed from Axel's part of the kingdom. The only conclusion he could make as to why Hugo hadn't sought out his brother was that he was scared. The queen had also told him what Hugo had said, it broke Garrick's heart. He truly didn't want to believe it, but the evidence was clear, his son had Hugo and Sofia kidnapped. For what nobody knew but one thing was true. Axel was now an enemy of Enchacia.

His wife was another mystery altogether. She had refused to speak on the matter, Garrick knew that she knew more than they did. It made sense; Hugo always eyed her suspiciously, but Garrick assumed that was to his natural distrust in people. It seemed though that his own mother had done something to him. Something Garrick was determined to find out. As such he asked the guards if they could summon Roland and his son. The guards said they would ask but could not make any promises.

Thankfully, the king came through and that was how Garrick found himself face to face with his son. The boy seemed weak, he was brought in on a wheelchair, looking slightly clammy. Roland had informed Garrick that Hugo had woken up three days prior and was recuperating. The stress he had endured caused his body to shut down. The boy refused to look at his father, he stared at the floor, apprehensive. Garrick knelt in front of his son; he placed a hand on Hugo's knee.

"Hugo, look at me" he ordered. Hugo audibly gulped. Garrick realised that his son was scared, he had been betrayed by his own brother. Who's to say his father would be any better?.

"Hugo, you're not in trouble and I'm not mad okay? I know what Axel did and I'm so, so sorry but I didn't know" Garrick's voice broke and Hugo looked up, his face still distrusting but a little bit softer.

"You… you no know?" he asked. Garrick nodded, a lump in his throat. The king then started crying

"No son if I did I would have saved you. I don't know why they did what they did, but I swear on the kingdom I did not know. Please… believe me." There was a moment of silence as Garrick silently begged for his forgiveness. Hugo said nothing to his father, instead he chose to ask the king to fetch Sofia. Whilst he went to look for her Hugo grabbed his father's hands.

"Want to trust you. Want to have father back, Sofia needs to trust you first." Garrick nodded; he could accept that. No, he would accept that, they had been through a lot together and Garrick would beg every day for their forgiveness.

Once Sofia entered the room she rushed over to Hugo, looking him up and down for any injuries. She asked him what was wrong, and Hugo explained what his father had said in a hushed whisper. Sofia nodded, understanding Hugo's still broken speech. She turned to Garrick

"You didn't know?" she asked. Garrick shook his head

"No princess, if I had I would have saved you both." Sofia nodded her head and turned to Hugo and winked at him.

"I think he's telling the truth," she said slowly. Garrick released a breath he didn't know he was holding. Then a thought struck him, he needed to know.

"I know this will be very difficult and if you can't answer me I fully understand and respect that. Did my queen know?" at the look on their faces Garrick knew his answer. They both seemed to shrink back and seemed to be thinking the same thing. Garrick took a shuddering breath

"Hugo… Sofia… I am so sorry. Do you know how much she knew?" he asked. Hugo stared at Sofia in defiance, but she just shook her head at him. Hugo crossed his arms, annoyed. Sofia ignored him and turned to Garrick.

"She… she knew where we were. She tried to help Hugo" she stopped talking at the look of shock on Garrick's face. The fact that Sofia wasn't mentioned said more than anything else. Garrick nodded

"You were both very brave and thank you. I promise you that we will find Axel and they will both be punished." The teens nodded gravely, realising that the situation was now out of their hands.

They spent a few hours talking to Garrick, Hugo seemed happier that he at least had his father back. Then it was time for dinner and Bailywick collected the two teens. Garrick asked if he could see his wife, Roland agreed and took Garrick to the cells.

When he got there, he found the queen sitting in the corner of her cell, her usually amazing appearance was discarded. She wore the same dress she was taken in, only now it was covered in dirt and ripped. Her face was covered in ash and she looked a little thinner, Garrick knew he should feel sorry for her. She was his wife but all he could feel was rage.

He pulled a stool in front of her cell, the noise alerted her to his presence. Her face changed to a look of relief

"Oh Garrick, thank goodness!. You need to tell them to let me go! This could cause a national incident!." She said. Garrick just started at her unnervingly. The queen seemed to realise that he wasn't there to save her.

"How could you do it Mary?" he asked. Mary had the decency to look ashamed.

"I didn't do anything Garrick"

"That's rubbish, tell me what you did Mary and I'll ask Roland to go easy on you." No matter how Garrick reasoned Mary refused until an idea struck the king.

"Did you do it to save Axel?" he asked, trying to seem understanding. Mary clenched her hands.

"If I did something it was to protect our son," she said. Garrick grabbed the bars and leant forward.

"Sons, we have two Mary."

"If I thought I could've saved him I would have done but then he would have told you about Axel. The boy messed up but he's next in line love. You know that the kingdom needs him more than Hugo." Garrick took a shattering breath

"And Sofia?" he asked his voice light, at her name the queen changed. Her eyes glinted with evil and her mouth curled into a snarl.

"Oh, the brat got what was coming to her, Hugo liked her. Can you believe that? She's not even of royal blood. Everyone loves her but they only know her because her whore of a mother tricked the king into loving her!" Garrick took a step back; he didn't know who the woman in front of him was but it sure wasn't his wife. He turned to her with a steely look in his eye.

"Well, whatever you had planned failed. As of tonight, Axel will be disowned and stripped of his royal titles and inheritance, Hugo will be named next in line for the throne. You, my dear, will be banished from my kingdom into Enchancia. They will decide your punishment and I will make our marriage null and void" then Garrick turned on his heel and left as his former wife pleaded for him to come back.