~Luther~



This is not good for us. We must act now, if we leave Flora for one more second, they'll definitely see her.


I looked down from my window at the rowdy scene in the castle.


Everyone was panicking on hearing the news of the disappearance of Flora.

And now, Rowan just announced that no one is permitted to leave the castle.



Leaving Flora in the castle is a bad idea. Eventually the search team will find about the tunnels and then Flora.

And then she will confess against us, I can't afford to have such a liability here.


We must either kill her or take her out of the castle, one of the others we don't have a choice.


KNOCK

KNOCK


A loud knock rang through my room.

'Yes?"


" Sir, it's Cedric. Zayne sends for you to the conference hall, right now!" Cedric opened my door and stood just by it.


Ahhhh…

What could Zayne possibly have to say? There is always a meeting.


'How many people will be there?" I asked, my back still turned against him.


'Just you and Zayne, actually. He says it's urgent"


'OK, I'll be there in a bit!" I sent Cedric away, he closed the door on his way out.


Just me and Zayne, what could that be about? Has Zayne found anything on me?

No, no, no it can't be.


What if Steph couldn't handle the pressure and turned herself in?

Or they found Flora and she spoke against me?


Why does Zayne want me in private?


I have a really bad feeling about this, something just feels off about this meeting.

I have to be prepared for anything.


I got up from my sofa, grabbed my leather jacket and left my room at once.


My room was just a few more rooms away from the conference hall.


I reached the door and stood there for a moment, trying to calm myself down a bit.


'Phew! Time to go"

Taking a long deep breath I opened the large doors of the hall.


'Hello brother!" Zayne's voice echoed through the empty hall.

Zayne sat at the centre of the hall, surrounded by chairs.


What is he doing here all alone? Is Zayne in his right senses at all?


'Come join me!" Zayne said. This tone towards me was more gentle than normal.


I walked towards him, the thudding noise of my footsteps echoed through the hall.


I walked up to Zayne, taking a seat next to him.

The room was getting tense. There was a jarring feeling roaming around.

'Why did you call me here? I don't have much time here"

I said to him in a stern voice.


'Well, myself and Rowan went to the forest, but our search was unsuccessful.

But it then dimmed on me, the kidnapper had to be from the inside castle.

Because my hired security guards spotted no one leave the castle from both the main gate and through the back"


Zayne spoke as I listened carefully, my heart pounding a little, fearing for the next word that would leave his mouth.


'So the kidnapper is here among us. But the thing is this….

Luther only three people, excluding the doctors who knew Flora woke up.

Myself, Rowan and you!


Rowan and I have been together since then and I'm sure we didn't tell anyone.

So my question to you brother is, did you tell anyone and if you did, who?"

Zayne asked me in a stern voice, as he gave him a piercing stare.


'Phew!"

I gave myself a moment to answer him, taking a deep breath.

'I only told Steph, she was so concerned about her, so I thought she needed to know that Flora was awake"

I responded with my voice sure, and a not stain of fluster, staring Zayne right in the eye.


'Then who did?" Zayne asked.


'Maybe it's people from the hospital, or spies or anyone.

They're many people in the castle, you can't keep everyone in check"


'That's true.

Sorry for the waste of time you can leave!"

Zayne excused me to leave.


I could only feel that I had squashed any doubt Zayne had towards me.


I walked away from him reaching the door.

'Wait!"

Zayne's words reached my ears.

I slowly turned in my direction, standing just in front of the door.


'My search team, are making real progress, and at this rate, by morning if Flora is still here, we will definitely get her"

I was a bit puzzled by Zayne's decision to lecture me on this.

He barely tells me anything he's up to unless he needs me.


But now wasn't the time to think about that, I have to speak to the others.


'Okay that's good!"

I turned and left the hall and headed straight to Reta's


KNOCK

KNOCK

I jammed my hard knuckles against her door.


'Yes?"

Her stern voice reached my ears from inside her room.

'It's Luther, open the door now!"


After a short moment, Reta opened her door.


'What is this?"

A took my eyes away from her, a bit disgusted.

She was fully naked standing in front of me, as she gently caressed her breasts.


'Aren't you here for sex?" she asked in her erotic voice


'NO! This is important. Put on your clothes!" I told her my tone was very harsh.


'Fine! Give me a minute!"

Reta was annoyed, I'm sure, that I stood her up for sex.

But right now I can't focus on my pleasures.


'Come in"

I heard her voice from inside.


I entered her room, taking a seat on her couch across the sofa she sat on.

'So what's the matter now?"


'We need to take Flora out of there, it's not safe there"


'What? How? It's not impossible. They are guards everywhere around the castle, we can't leave without being caught"


She was right about that, but I've already thought of a plan for that too.


'We can. All we need is girl charm and boy power.

Alert Steph to meet up at my room in ten minutes, I'll bring Thorn"

I stormed out of her room, leaving her with no room for any other questions.


I sent it in for Thorn and waited patiently in my room.

Sitted erect on my sofa, carefully rubbing my hands against the other, my head lowered.


'Zayne!!"

Reta's loud voice reached my ears.

'Come in!"


Three of them trooped in.

Steph and Reta took a seat on the couch and Thorn stood by a corner of the room.


'As some of you may know, we plan on taking Flora out of the castle tonight"


'But why?" Steph cut in, her voice tensed


I guess she might have been worried, by all comotions and the crisis today at the castle.


'The search team, are going deeper and deeper into the forest, it won't be long before they'll find Flora"

I added, trying to make sense of my plan.


"So in this sense we have only two options, we either kill Flora or we get her out of the castle to another location. So what do we say?"


'We can't kill her. If the castle can get this worried over just her disappearing, they'll lose it if they find her dead"

Reta always seems to find a way to convince me.


'OK so here's the plan.

Thorn, me and you sneak to the back of the castle, taking Flora with us.

They are two guards there, make sure you avoid them seeing your face. We knock them out and then lower Flora's body to the other side of the gate.


Reta, you and Steph, follow the front, you seduce the guards to let you pass, then take Flora's body to the forest. Me and Thorn will meet you guys there.

Is it clear?"


I asked, Thorn and Reta gently nodded their heads in approval.

Steph had a disgruntled look on her face.

'Steph, what's the matter?"


'Seduce? Why do we have to?" Steph asked, innocence filled her eyes.


'We don't have a choice, Steph. If you don't do this, they will get Flora and she will confess to what we did.

And then all of us will be hung. So are you okay now?"


'Yes" Steph answered, her voice shaky, terrified by my words.

Fear seemed to grip her spins.


'So, everyone is clear about the plan. Then at 10 pm we strike.

Thorn you'll be back here by 9 and Steph the same time you will meet Reta in her room"


The whole of them soon cleared out of my room leaving me to myself.


Thoughts swarming through my mind. How this situation could have been totally different.

I'm supposed to scheming on getting to the throne not on Flora.

I wish I could just tear her into pieces and keep all this behind me.

That's the easiest way to get what I want. To sit at the throne and rule over this kingdom. Sometimes a life or two must be sacrificed for the right cause.


Soon it was night, I watched as the sun set to the west and the moon took its place.


KNOCK

KNOCK


I heard a gentle knock on my door. Glancing at my clock it was 9 pm sharp.

That must be Thorn.


'Come in"

Thorn gently opened the door, the creaking noise from the door seemed louder to my ears than ever before.



'Are you ready, Thorn?"


'Yes Luther!"


We waited anxiously, time going by slowly until it was 10:00 sharp.


'Okay it's time. We trust the girls will do right, and then we do our part.


So, we take out the two guys, in blindsight and then lower Reta's body out.

And then I'll get us out through the front, is that clear?"

I barked out instructions to the attentive ears of Thorn.


'Yes, I got that!"


We snuck downstairs, the whole castle empty as planned.


We first of all, reached the tunnels where we hid Flora.

She was still out cold from the medicine we gave her.

With Thorn carrying her in his arms, we took a shorter and more disclosed route through to the back of the castle.


And from a distance in front of the back exit, we observed carefully.


The two guards were stationed as planned on either side of the gate. They were half asleep which made our job a bit easier.


We gently walked towards them, and with their bodies rested against wooden chairs. We snuck behind them and wrapped white sheets across their nose and mouth.


They couldn't breathe or scream out of help, we tightened the pressure. Their eyes began to flutter and slowly close.

'Grab her, let's go!"

Thorn went back to the alley we left Flora and carried her to the gates.

We then tied a strong rope around her waist, Thorn then shifted into a Lycan and with his Lycan strength he tossed Flora to the top of the fence surrounding the castle.

Using the rope around her waist, we gently lowered her to the other side of the castle.


'Okay, we're going to jump, Thorn" I said, doubt evident in my voice.

The castle walls were tall and huge, it would take an insane jump to get over it.


'Okay!"


Taking a few steps back, we dashed towards the wall and jumped off, our feet leaving the ground in an instant before returning back to the soft grass.

My firm legs shook as a result of the heavy impact.

Looking behind me, was the near ten foot wall.

We did it! We jumped over it. And now past the castle nothing is stopping us.


'About time you guys came out!" Reta's voice reached my ears.

She stepped out of the shadow and with her was Steph.


'Let's take her to the forest!" I said pointing at the lifeless body of Flora, laying flat on the floor.


'Who's there?" a stern voice said, a figure stepped out of the shadows.


He flashed his torch directly to my ear, as I squinted my eyes tightly.


'Sir Luther?"