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5. Chapter 4
It was sometime after the midnight hour; the rain falling rather hard, thunder and lightning as well.
A lone knight in his armor was running, trying to find a place of refuge; someone to help his king and princess.
He found a castle he knew quite well and banged on the door as loud as he could.
Derek was in the library trying to figure out some way to tell Casey how he feels and her actually believe him.
Out of nowhere he hears a loud bang on the large oak doors at fount of the castle. He ran to investigate.
As Derek reached the meeting hall he saw Edwin open the door and a man dressed as a knight fell in. It was someone Derek knew well.
He was one of King Dennis' men.
As he realized who this knight was Derek's heart froze. Derek ran to this knight he had to know if Casey was alright.
"What happened?" Derek asked with desperation that he did not mean to be there.
The knight was breathing rather but managed to say, "We were attacked." He started breathing heavily once more.
"By who?" Derek asked more frantic then he meant to.
"I don't know. I could him."
"Where's Casey? Is she alright!?!" Derek asked again with more force then was needed but the women he loves might be in danger.
"I-I don't know. One moment she w-was th-there and the-the next she was g-gone."
With that Derek wasted no more time. He ran as fast as he could to the stables.
Derek mounted his horse and was off.
He followed the knight's trail, though it was hard with the rain quickly washing it away.
He road as hard and as fast as he could. Only thinking about Casey and what might have happened to her.
Then he came upon an over turned carriage. It was one just like the one he had last seen Casey in.
He jumped off his horse and ran toward the carriage crying, "Casey? Casey!?! Casey!" but it was no use. She was gone; there was no sign of her.
Derek heard someone gasp for air. He started searching for the person. He saw a hand sticking out from under the overturned carriage.
Derek ran to the person trying to see who it was. The person's torso was sticking out from under the carriage.
The closer Derek grew to this person the more he realized who this person was.
"King Dennis." He said as he rushed to the king's aid.
"What happened? Where's Casey?"
"He took her. He was to strong, I couldn't stop him. None of us could."
"Who? Where's Casey!?!" Derek asked desperately.
"I don't know. I-I…" With that the king took his last breath.
As Derek knelt there trying to decipher everything that King Dennis had said, the men from his mother's court had arrived.
"What happened?" The captain of the guard asked Derek.
"I don't know." He said with true disbelief in his voice.
He was coming to understand that someone had Casey and there was no way of him tracing them.
His true love was out there in danger and he was helpless to do anything.
At that moment his face turned hard and determined. He decided then and there that no matter what he was going to find Casey.
"If it takes me the rest of my life I will find her and bring her back."
Casey woke up with terrible headache; it was also pitch black, where she was.
As she began to stir someone pool, what she assumed was a bag off of her head.
The light consumed her; her eyes almost blinded by it.
"Where am I?" She said disoriented and trying to adjust to the light.
"You are in my castle." A man with a very seductive voice said as he walked around her.
As her eyes adjusted she saw an old and rundown meeting hall. She could tell that it once use to be quite beautiful, but those days were long since gone.
"Who are you?" Casey asked trying to understand what was going on.
"I am the man you are going marry."
"What?" Casey shrieked.
"Oh, your father didn't tell you about me? Well, allow me to introduce myself, I am Duke Truman and this is the home of my ancestors."
He said throwing his hand in the as to show he something magnificent.
"Where am I? Where's my father!?!"
"Oh, I believe your father is no longer with us."
At his words Casey immediately felt tears forming; they started to fall down her face. As they did so she closed her eyes and turned her face away from this man.
"Oh, princess don't cry." He said pooling her face to look at him.
"This is supposed to be happy for you. I mean you are to be wed and that's the happiest time in any women's life am I right?"
"I will never marry you. Derek will come for me. He will never let you do this."
"Derek? You mean the man whom you refused to marry? You think after all that he'll want to save you? Come on dear princess, you are quite beautiful but no woman is worth all that."
Casey could feel her blood start to bowel at his words.
"He will come for me. And I will never marry you!" With that Truman slapped Casey across the face.
As he rubbed his hand from hitting her he said, "Once I break that spirit you'll be mine and forget all about your precious little Derek."
His voice was so sinister and dark that it made Casey's sink crawled.
'Derek, come for me. Please. I love you. You're the only one who can save me now.'
Casey closed her eyes crying silent tears; praying that Derek would find her soon.
It's been three days since Casey went missing and Derek doesn't talk about or think about anything else.
He has nightmares of her; in which, he's trying to save her he can hear her voice calling his name but he can't find her.
He wakes up in a cold sweat and breathing heavily.
"Uh." He grunts as he puts his hand to his face and wipes the sweat from his brow.
"I'll find you Casey. I know you're alive and I'll find you. I have to."
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