*Ben's POV*

Since coming off the phone with Doctor Cameron I had been filled with unease; I didn't understand why he couldn't tell me what he had to tell me over the phone. I just hoped what he had tell me was something that would help me find the love of my life.

After my conversation with Doctor Cameron I had mixed feelings; as it made me think that Mal must have been to see Doctor Cameron. This worried me as this meant that something has happened to Mal - which was something that I didn't want to think about.

When I told my family, Evie, Jay and Carlos they all were also confused as to why Doctor Cameron wanted to see me; however we had been travelling for two weeks now so we knew that it was probably time to go home so we could regroup.

All the way through the flight home I just kept replaying the last night we had spent together; at the time I thought the urgency was down to the fact that she was making use of our limited time together. However I knew different; she was telling me goodbye. This is something that I was really struggling with; if I knew then what I knew now I would have stayed up all night. I would have done everything in my power to stop her from leaving and talk through everything. I know that this situation that we found ourselves in was difficult and overwhelming; but we should be going through this together. I did understand her actions; i just wished that we could have spoken about it.

I didn't know if she wanted me to find her; and it astounded me that we still hadn't found her. How could a purple haired woman completely disappear? I had searched every constituency more than once and she was still nowhere to be seen. But I knew one thing - I would find her. I had to! Mal was my soul mate; and I needed her more than the need to breath.

*The Next Day*

Before I knew it I found myself walking down the corridor towards Doctor Cameron's office at Auradon General Hospital; and I didn't know how to feel. I just kept hoping that what Doctor Cameron had to say to me was something that would help me find Mal. So before I could stop myself I quickly knocked on the door and I meekly smiled when I heard Doctor Cameron call out to me.

"Come in!" I heard him say, so I opened the door and stepped into the room. "Your Majesty" I heard him say and when I looked up at him I noticed that there was concern and worry in his eyes.

"Doctor Cameron" I replied as I closed the door behind me.

"Please take a seat" he smiled meekly as he gestured to the seat in front of his desk. I then nodded at this and quickly sat down; I really hoped whatever he had to say he wasn't about to drag out - as I couldn't take it. Time that I sat in his office was time that I wasn't searching for Mal - and I hope he understood this.

"Can we please cut to the chase Doctor Cameron?" I sighed.

"Of course" he nodded and I took in his appearance. His usually neatly arranged dark brown and greying in parts hair was just messily pushed back. There were dark purple bags under his eyes; and his face looked thinner with a short beard starting to grow. "First of all I have two things to say-" he began which broke my train of thought of how he was currently presenting himself.

"Ok" I nodded. "What?" I questioned.

"First of all-" he repeated before he looked down for a few seconds before he slowly looked up at me. "Do you think I am a good Doctor?" He questioned as he placed both of his hands in front of his desk and interlocked his fingers together.

"What?" I asked in confusion. Why would his career come into this? He got me here by telling me that he had something to tell me about Mal. I really didn't like this situation; and I didn't know how this conversation was going to go.

"Answer the question" he advised bluntly; and I felt my stomach flutter with apprehension at the blank look on his face. "Without thinking about my relationship with your family" he elaborated.

"What has this to do with Mal?" I asked ignoring his statement.

"Please?" He urged. I then started to think about why would he want to even ask me this question - had he done something wrong that affected Mal? I really didn't want to think about this; and I started to tremble as the hair on the back of my neck started to stand on end.

"You are a good doctor" I advised and I watched as a meek smile spread across his face. "Professional" I added. "Moral and ethical" I finished and I watched as his face dropped.

"That is the problem" he sighed. "This is why I didn't come to you sooner" he advised. "I have struggled with the ethics of this situation" he continued.

"What situation?" I enquired in further confusion.

"Mal leaving" he replied.

"You've seen her?" I asked slowly.

"Yes" he confirmed.

"Is she ok?" I muttered as I looked down at the floor in front of me.

"Yes" he repeated, causing me to look back up at him. "I am not going to tell you why she came to see me" he advised as he knew that was going to be my next question. "That needs to come from her" he finished and I nodded at this.

"How is she?" I questioned.

"She's doing fine" he smiled. "She doesn't know about you and Uma though" he explained.

"What?" I urged. "How can she not know?" I continued in shock. There was no way that was true; it was all over the news; she had to know! So this then started to make me think where she could be; however I had stressed that the announcement was pushed out to every corner of the Kingdom. However before I could fixate on this I heard Doctor Cameron's voice which broke me out of my train of thought.

"Every time I try to tell her she hangs up" he advised; and I couldn't help it - I suddenly saw red!

"You've rang her?" I muttered slowly as I balled my fists up. "YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT SHE HAS BEEN RINGING YOU!" I roared as I quickly stood up. "AND YOU ARE ONLY TELLING ME NOW!" I shouted in anger.

"Yes" he confirmed as he pursed his lips together. "This is something that I have struggled with" he added. "But in my defence my lord-" he stated. "She told me not to as she is very scared" he explained as I gritted my teeth together. I really couldn't believe that he had been speaking to Mal and he was only telling me now! He knew how much I wanted to find Mal! "And I have only spoken to her on the phone 6 times" he finished and I couldn't help but throw him a dark glance.

"THAT IS SIX MORE TIMES THAN I HAVE!" I shouted as I threw my arms up in the air. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" I roared again as I started to calm my breathing down as my Beastly urges were raging.

"I know" he advised. "I'm sorry" he quickly apologised and I nodded at this and sighed. I couldn't really be that mad at Doctor Cameron; he was bound by patient confidentiality. And Mal had confided in him; however this then started to make me question why he had asked to see me as this was the case. "There is a reason why I asked you to come here for this time-" he began.

"Which is?" I prompted as I pushed my Beast rage away.

"The Lady Mal has an appointment with me at 10:30" he announced.

"What?" I asked in shock and it was like all of my anger and rage just dropped away from me. "She's going to be here?" I questioned.

"Yes" he repeated again.

"Ok" I meekly smiled. I couldn't believe that after all this time I was going to finally see Mal; I just hoped that I wasn't about to blow it. She obviously didn't want to be found; and I didn't know how she would feel or act at the fact that I was here. She might even feel betrayed by Doctor Cameron; and I didn't want this. Especially given the fact that she had obviously came to see him for a reason; which I didn't want to put her at risk - I didn't know why she was seeing him!

"I'll just wait then" I smiled as I went to sit down. "Actually" I decided.

"Yes?" He prompted.

"I'll wait in your side office" I advised. "If she sees me straight away she might run" I added. "Or teleport" I shrugged as I nodded at myself.

"Ok" I heard him say; and I smiled meekly as my eyes landed on the clock on the wall to see that it was twenty past ten. So with this in mind I quickly walked into Doctor Cameron's side office and closed the door behind me; I quickly shook myself and took a couple of deep breaths to calm my nerves. In a few minutes me and Mal would finally be in the same room and hopefully we could talk and try and put this whole situation behind us. However the relief of seeing Mal soon changed into panic and concern as time flew by; and before I knew it it was eleven o'clock - with Mal nowhere to be seen.