Chapter 30

Lucy

Tricking was the easy part. I had gained Prince Eric's trust. A first step to taking back what was taken from me. The excitement in me could not be contained. I needed to tell someone.

I peered in Maisy's direction. She and grandfather we're in a conversation so deep He barely recognized my presence. It was the perfect time to slide away. No one would notice the disappearance of a pardoned slave. I headed to the empty balcony to do something I actually cared about, To speak to someone I actually had a bond with.

Certain I was alone, I took off the necklace. It gave a shimmery green glow inciting the presence of the entities.

"About time." My father's disheartening voice broke the silence.

I faced the fading figure. A streak of grey smoke that still kept his apparition.

"I'm sorry. It's just that Maisy's arrival has attracted the chimera and if I'm going to be alive to see that our vision becomes reality. I have to be alive."