It didn't take us long till we reached at the small village near the outskirts of the kingdom. The child was still a bit anxious but wasn't letting it take over, Lyall carried him while I faced the men of the group.
"Um..."
"This is the Master." Lyall prompted and the first one in the group flinched before he bowed.
"Th-This way." He gestured for me to come along.
I walked on with Lyall behind me, the child squirmed a little and I could see him hiding his face in the hood of his little cloak.
The men led us towards a small barn where they gestured me in and I saw the lone figure crumpled on the ground, with ropes binding his appendages and mouth gagged. The man being none other than Zale Turquoise.
"Where did you find him?" I asked.
"Near the treeline." One of the men answered.
"Was he alone?"
"Yes,"
I looked at the figure and then back at Lyall and the child.
"Leave." I ordered the men and they looked at each other warily before they left leaving me, Lyall and the child.
