A/N: SO SORRY, I'm sorry It has been so long, I've been really busy! But hope you enjoy the next chapter!

Once we were a half days ride away from the castle we decided to stop and make camp for the night. I jumped down from my horse and offered Isabella my hand. She took it and jumped down from her horse. It was then she noticed the gash on my arm.

"You're hurt!"

Before I could protest she ripped of my sleeve and examined the wound.

"How did this happen?"

"When we were running from the ballroom one of the guards swung at me and I deflected it with my arm," I replied.

"Come on, there is a river down there, we can clean it."

I followed her down the hill to a river that ran out of sight in both directions. She knelt next to it and dipped the hem of her dress in it. I knelt next to her and she dabbed the wound with her dress.

"That's as clean as I can get it, you have to be careful with it though, it's a very deep wound. Here, this will stop the blood." She tied the sleeve she had ripped from my arm around the wound.

"There, that will help it stay clan, and stop the blood from coming out."

"Thank you," I smiled at her.

She beamed back, but then her smile faded into a look of fear. Before I could turn to see what she was looking at, I felt a sword pressed against my neck.

"Move, and I'll kill you," came a woman's voice.

"Stand."

I stood.

"Turn around."

I turned, and found myself looking into the ice cold stare of a mordsith.

"My name is Denna, what is yours?"

"King Elija Amnell of Hartland, killing me would be an act of treason."

"And who would know, your little friend," she looked at Isabella, who had now risen from the ground. While her eyes were averted I grabbed my agiel and dagger and lunged at Denna. She deflected the blow with some difficulty.

"Eli look!" Izzy yelled.

Five more mordsith were heading down the hill. Izzy had her knives drawn and was poised for action. Eli and Denna had both lost their weapons and were now in the middle of a fist fight, knee deep in the river. Izzy placed herself between Eli and the oncoming Mordsith. She threw one of her knives which stuck one of them in the chest. Her body came tumbling down the hill. Once it reached the bottom of the hill Izzy retrieved her knife and prepared to throw it again, but before she could, three arrows came out of no where and plunged into three of the four remaining mordsith. Leaving only one alive Izzy looked in the direction the arrows had come and saw another mordsith. The new arrival was running toward the lone remaining mordsith. Once she got there she drew her agiel and touched it between the other mordsith's shoulder blades (a deathly spot should it be touched my an agiel). Now the only one left was Denna. At the moment Denna was on top of me, and in the process of drowning me. Izzy charged at Denna and jumped on her. Both Izzy and Denna went tumbling into the water. The new arrival waded over to my limp body and dragged me out of the water. Then she ran to aid Izzy. Together she and Izzy got Denna out of the water and pinned her to the ground.

"Well, well, well, the exiled one returns," Denna said with an evil smile.

The new arrival punched Denna in the face, hard, which knocker her out. Then she dragged her to a nearby tree.

"Do you have any rope?" she asked Izzy.

"I think we might have some in the saddlebags." Izzy scurried up the hill to the horses.

The new arrival went over to where I still lay and examined my crown and ring.

Noticing the insignia on the ring she thought to herself, this man is the King of Hartland, my ticket into the midlands.

I began to stir. When I realized I was looking up at a mordsith I swung my fist toward her face. She calmly reached up, grabbed my wrist, and held it back with unbelievable strength.

"I mean you no harm My Lord."

I looked at her in confusion.

"Why did you just call me, My Lord?"

She held up my ring and said, "You are the King of Hartland aren't you?"

"Who are you?"

"I am Cara. At the death of Darken Rahl, I became the leader of all the mordsith. But my sisters plotted against me because I wanted to help the seeker. Then they exiled me and now I spend my time trying to find a way through that stupid boundary." She looked off in the direction of the boundary, a look of disgust on her face. By this time Isabella had returned to Denna and was tying her up. Cara looked over at her.

"So that must her majesty the Queen." Cara said.

"Yes." Eli was still trying to decide what to make of this new comer.

A/N I know this is a bad place to stop but I'm stuck on what to do next. Sorry.