Till the End

Taliset continued stroking her hair as she lay there. He looked over towards Hope's tent. "is she sleep right now?"

Gaahl went to his throne after tying Nattefrost up. he through all of his possesions across the room and tore everything down. he fell to the ground and cried as he worried about his family

a knock on the door and a guard brought forth a knight the king has never seen before. "my lord, this young man is willing to help look for the Queen and the Princess. he wanted to see you personally." the knight bowed and watched the ground as the king rose to his feet "what is your name young man?" the knight looked up "Sarevok, sir. and i am prepapred to leave at once. just give me word and i will be out of the kingdom at once" the king turned around and whispered "go and find my wife and daughter and protect them from anything and everything. go now!" Sarevok stood and ran out of the palace and grabbed his winged horse Svey from a stable boy and climbed on "Svey, run as fast as you can"

She opened her eyes and looked up at him, leaning into his touch like a cat would their owners hand. "Yeah she is..... Why do you ask?"

He stopped stroking her hair. "Wake her I must be sure she truly understands my place and hers. For all I know she was just speaking out of pain"

Gaahl fell back to the floor and pulled out his katan and held it to his head "please Satan, let someone find my family"

Sarevok and Svey ran through the lands and looked ahead for anything that might give him a slight hint as to where the queen and princess may be

Jillian nodded and moved to fetch Hope. As she crawled into the ten she frowned and whispered to her child. "Hope... What are you doing?" Hope was sitting in the tent with a bird in her lap. She had a note tied to it's back. "Nothing mother." Hope whispered back. Jillian shook her head and took the bird from her. "Go out there and tell him how loyal you are. I'll take care of this." Hope nodded sadly and crawled out of the tent. Jillian looked down at the bird and sighed softly. This was going to hurt.

Hope walked out and curtsied before Taliset. "My Lord... You called?"

At that point the bird flew out of the tent and off into the night. Jillian sighed and waited quietly.

Taliset eyed her up and down as he raised an eyebrow. "Why the change in attitude?"

Sarevok watched carefully and looked around and kept Svey at his top speed "we'll rest when we find something." a quiet bird's call turned his head towards the sky "only one...why one? he turned Svey in that direction and kept eye on the bird

The bird flew towards him. It looked like it was struggling pretty hard to fly.

Hope straightened and looked him in the eye. "I know my place now."

Sarevok held out his arm so the bird could land and rest. he halted Svey "this could be it...hopefully"

Taliset began to smile as he looked at her. "And that place is?"

The bird had a note on it's back.

Hope smiled at him sweetly as Jillian stepped out of the tent and sat back down beside him. "At your feet My Lord."

Sarevok untied the note and held it to the only source of light

Taliset stood up and walked over to her. "I dont belive you?" he began to clench his fist at his side.

She frowned and took a step back. "It's the truth. I promise you that I'm telling the truth." She raised her hand to cover her face from his blow. Jillian frowned and watched quietly.

Father,
We were kidnapped. He is a cruel man with many connections. Mother has fallen. She refuses to fight back, and does everything he asks. I will try to escape. We are alive. I love you.

-Hope

Sarevok stood still as he read the note over again. he didn't know whether to run back or go and find them. he looked at the bird and sighed "if you fly, i go back. so what are you going to do?"

taliset stood still but didn't unclench his fist yet. "Prove it"

The bird spooked by his voice and flew off towards the castle.

Hope looked to her mother for a hint. Jillian wiggled her foot and nodded. Hope sighed and got on her knees, kissing his feet as she bowed before him.

Taliset shrugged. "Fine for now, you are dismissed" he then waved his hand for her to leave

Sarevok watched and whipped Svey's reihns "i guess we must go back to find out what to do...hopefully this will be over soon enough"