Kaden sat in her rooms back at Corus in the palace. It felt good to be back; almost natural, like it was her home. She jumped onto the bed and lay there for a few minutes. It had been a long and boring trip. Nothing had happened, except for meeting the Shang Wolf, and she felt almost useless. This whole trip had been to find her parents, but how was she supposed to go about that? Ask every person she sees, 'Are you my parents?'? It wasn't exactly what she had in mind. Maybe this whole trip was just a joke.

'No, this trip was useful.' Kaden assured herself. 'I just have to get up off my butt and do something about finding my parents.'

She sat up, still exhausted from the trip home, but too stubborn to let herself sleep at such an early time in the morning. What would she do?

She glanced down at her bags, seeing the one Eadulf had left behind. Should she bring that one back to him? She picked it up, curious to see what kind of things the important documents held. She hadn't had a chance before to read them, only glance.

Inside, there were folders of various documents that were extremely hard to understand, but there were also letters from a person called Jemma. She read one of the most recent ones:

Eadulf,

I need you to make it into the palace. Something's come up. I need you to get to the palace as soon as you can. Do what you must to have a purpose there. Anything, in my opinion. Just get there. And hurry.

Jemma.

She was interrupted by a knock at her door.She shoved the remaining pages in the pack, poked the pack into a croner and got the door. It was Ambrose.

"Hey. What are you up to?" She asked cheerfully.

"Nothing, really." She said sleepily.

"Oh good!" Ambrose grabbed her arm and pulled her out of her room, closing the door behind them. "You can come for a ride with me!"

Thayet walked into the stable to finish grooming her horse. She was about to start when two loud teenagers came in and started grooming their mounts. They looked like they had just been on a run, their sweaty faces red. 'I wish they'd quiet down...' She thought. It was bad enough having them all over the place in the winter, but having them loud, too, was too much.

She glanced up after a while. The two girls had become quieter, and now, one of them started talking again. One of the girls had long, curly brown hair and a smile on her pretty face. The other had her hair put up. She noticed something about the girl. Her hair was as black as charcoal, just like Jons. When the girl turned, Thayet caught her sapphire blue eyes for a moment. Sapphire, just like Jons. The girls nose was simple and small, just like her own. 'It's her. The one I was told about.' She thought, awed.

The girl with the brown curls waved to the other girl and headed out of the stable. 'Now's my chance.'

"Nice horse." She said to Kaden. "What is she, a hazelnut gelding?"

"Yes, actually, she is." Kaden said, surprised by the attention people had been giving to her horse. "Her name's Moonflower." She said automatically.

"She's a beauty." And with that, Thayet walked away, pleased with what she had said. This girl really did seem like her daughter. But first, she and Jon had to see her again.

A/N: Only a few more chapters to go, but don't you guys worry. The sequel to this will be out very soon after this one is done! YAY! Oh, and don't foget to R&R!

- AM