108 - Hope

"Where was Your Highness?" Leo asked when they got inside the castle and found Maria alone in the middle of their common room, her hair a little bit messy with a troubled expression sitting on her face. 

Maria looked back at her friends, putting her hands on her waist and furrowing her brows. 

"She's not here."

Maria's friends scrunched up their brows and looked at each other in confusion. 

"What do you mean? When we left here earlier, she was just in her room." 

"I checked her there and in my room, but she wasn't there." Maria said, biting her lower lip in restlessness.