Through the woods of Agranah.

"What if Malisa figures out that the both of us disappear a day before the coronation? Don't you think she'll have a lot of reasons to be jumpy?"

Kie took a glance at Samantha whose horse was going gently beside his. She smiled at him,

"Are you saying that she would think that we absconded again?"

He nodded looking away,

"Definitely. It's quite the thing to think about. And to think of it, we found our way back to each other after that sex. Now I know what I want and who I truly love."

"And who's that?"

She teased, intentionally avoiding his gaze. He chuckled and made his horse stop. He climbed off it and walked to hers which had stopped too.

He got to her and turned her on the horse. He turned her to face himself then buried his face in her stomach.

"Of course you, Samantha. You are the one I love genuinely."

He looked up at her, his face soft and reflectiv