The crowd parted to see Chloris in the back of the group standing there not wearing the wreath anymore and with her hands behind her back. She looked composed and at ease.
"Chloris, what are you saying? You can't do that. If you do then we'll never see you again." Cried one of the nymphs.
"Yes I do, it's the only way the save Drynus." She answered monotonously, walking towards Remus the younger who was now saddling his horse.
"This is Caesar, he and I will be taking you to my brother." Caesar was solid black with a white blaze down his forehead.
"No thank you," she said curtly. Remus the younger stared at her.
"And why not?" he asked incredulously.
"Because it doesn't deserve to tied up in ropes, it should be free, like any other horse."
"It's a long walk, and we would get there faster if we rode. We could get there in two days time." Remus the younger coaxed.
"Fine, if it'll get us there quicker, I'll ride." She turned to say goodbye to the others. She gave a hug to every one and when she came to Polyhymia she took of the necklace that hung on her throat and placed it on Chloris' neck.
"So he will know who protects you," She said tenderly. The tears that Chloris had trying to hold back suddenly began to pour down her cheeks. She went to Caesar and mounted him and waited for Remus the younger to get on. Remus the younger mounted and Caesar broke into a trot.
Like Remus the younger had said, it only took two days to reach Zephyr's forest.
"Thank you, brother," Zephyr said from within the trees. "I had not expected you to return, none the less with a nymph as my bride. You have done well, and I am in your debt. But your request cannot be fulfilled this moment, I wish for time to become acquainted my bride." Chloris began to fidget with her curls when he said the word acquainted. Remus the younger then saddled Caesar and tore off to civilization.
There was silence in the forest. Chloris stood in the opening fingering her necklace, not making a sound. All she could see of her betrothed were his black, snake-like eyes, but Zephyr could see everything.