As they made their way to the Hara Kingdom, Jackson sat on a separate horse, while Katherine and Mason sat on another.As he sat beside her, Katherine felt his breath fanning her neck. She recalled how he had introduced her to the king as his wife and smiled. Being in such close proximity had an effect on her. Her heart was racing, and she felt butterflies in her stomach. This was similar to how she had felt the first time she saw Mason, but things had turned out differently back then. However, now Mason seemed like a star that was within her reach. She didn't know if she was aiming too high, perhaps getting ahead of herself. But Mason had expressed his feelings for her and his desire to have her as his girlfriend.She didn't know what to do. "Should I give him an answer? With the way I feel, if I don't say anything soon, he might think I have lost interest in him. What if he goes after another maiden? Can my heart bear it?" She wondered.They kept going until they finally arrived

Damian let go of the princess, and she stared at him in surprise as she tried to catch her breath."Let's go meet your brother now," he said.Mason went back into the room after Jackson left. He lay on the bed beside Kathy and told her everything that happened. She smiled, "I guess Jackson is also capable of falling in love." Mason shook his head, "No, I think he's a fool.""Come on, how can you say he's a fool because he's in love? Didn't you also claim to love me?" she asked."It's different," Mason replied."I know you, Kathy. I know who you are, but Jackson doesn't know Bridget, or whatever her name is. However, it's not in my place to question his emotions or his hormones." Katherine laughed while Mason took hold of her hands and said, "Everything I said last night, I meant it. And everything I've said too, ever since we became close, I still meant them. You're everything to me, Kathy. I promise that I'll always love you. And one of the steps I need to take to prove that is to

Damian met with the king of the Thazik Kingdom. According to the agreement he had with the princess, when he stood before the king, the king told him about his intention to get revenge on Mason and make Katherine his. Damian nodded, "Indeed, it is just a piece of cake, but I have a condition. The princess would have to come with me.""Why?" the king asked."That was the agreement we had.""No, we had no such agreement," the princess interrupted.Damian stared at her for a while and finally turned to the king, "I'm sorry, but that's the only thing I want. I don't need money. I just want the princess to be with me on this journey. Once I deliver Mason to you, I can let her go."The king thought for a while and said, "Okay, deal."The princess's eyes widened in surprise, "What? Deal?! Are you going to sell me off?""Come on, this is my honor we're talking about," the king replied, "I've done so much for you. This is your only chance to do something for me. Don't be selfish. I just said I

Back in Kathy's kingdom, Queen Aurora sat on the bed, crying. Her husband, Richard, came to sit beside her and said, "Why do you keep doing this when you know how it makes me feel?""Why won't I cry?" she asked. "It's been almost a month, and there's been no news of my daughter. How do you expect me to feel?" "Just be patient," the king said. "Very soon, they will find her. I have faith in the guards we sent." "No, I cannot wait anymore. I want to go and find my daughter. No one will search for her as I would. I promise that I will bring her home." "No, you cannot do that," the king said. "It's not safe out there. There are wild animals and enemy warriors. It's dangerous out there.""I can go with a crowd, some of the guards can follow me. Whatever I have to do, I'll not rest until I find Kathy myself." "I can't let you do that," the king said. "Listen, Kathy is also my daughter, and I really want her to be found. But we also have a duty to this kingdom. If I could go with you, i

Athena kept running; she did not rest throughout the night. She ran until it was almost daybreak. By then, she had reached the kingdom where Kathy and the rest had first gone. When she arrived at the kingdom, she breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't know how she had done it, but she was happy that she had arrived safely. It was good that she wasn't attacked on the road; she didn't come across any bad people, and she still had money with her. Since there were warriors after her, she decided to rent a room where she would hide and then secretly buy a horse. She wanted to find someone to train her to ride it so she could leave the Kingdom. She knew that for her survival, she had to go very far away because if she got caught by the warriors, she would be taken back to her kingdom.After coming up with this plan, she was walking tiredly into the heart of the kingdom when she saw some warriors in the company of their king. She assumed they weren't going to harm her because back in her ki