Mia's POV

I woke up to find myself all alone, sleeping peacefully while the men were gone.

Roe was packing something when she saw me getting up and smiled.

" We need to run. They must be back by now with the boat. We need to return. "

She said.

" Return? Wait what! Why? "

I hurriedly sat up.

" I don't know. Mother sent Xie a message with the hawk. She asked us to come back. Immediately. "

" Is Aku alright? "

My heart started racing, completely forgetting about everything that our new mission was all about.

" I don't know but I think it wouldn't have been my mother to send us the mail, had anything happened to our little star. You know, it would have been father or maybe the army.... "

She tried to joke. She had a point.

I tried to calm down as the wind took us back, faster than it had taken for us to reach that place.

I sprinted as fast as I could after getting down. My boy was right there, waiting for me and he came at me, running and hugged me back.

Before I could ask him if he was al