MIDAS
He is angry.
No, that does not feel strong enough.
Livid…infuriated…seething.
Yes that’s the one. He is seething, the anger bubbling over, spilling out of every pore in his body.
How stupid he had been.
“Your highness I…”
“I know Leo. You were only doing what is expected of you. It is her who is to blame.”
“Your majesty, I sincerely do not believe she ran away, she did not look so good when we were standing outside.”
But Midas is no longer listening.
The door of Arydian’s tiny red apothecary is thrown so violently open, it hits the other side of the wall hard enough to chip the brick, raining down a shower of sand and dust.
“Let’s split up, cover more ground.”
The Chief Ryder nods and starts down the left.
His jaw works, teeth grinding hard against each other.
He had l
