Chapter 299

"I know, Sally. Do you think I don't know?" Baski reached for the woman and hugged her tightly to her. The two of them were shaking. "That is why we have to keep trying to break free from these walls. We must get to her on time!"

After Queen Danika went to court that morning, Baski took the opportunity to try and gather new herbs. She'd asked Sally to help her out, which the young woman agreed on wholeheartedly. They were picking herbs when they heard stomps of horses and war cries from invaders. They'd recognized trouble. So they ran away from the field to the nearest tunnel to hide.

Then the war started, and King Lucien gave orders for all the tunnels to be sealed so that the invaders would not see anywhere to escape from and that more would not enter. They had been trying to break the tunnel for a way out but it had proved impossible. They were trapped.

"You're right, you're right." Sally hiccupped, pulling away from the older woman to wipe her tears. "You're rig