Chapter 33

“The girls are no longer in their rooms,” one of the guards sent to call Rala and Rava reported his findings to Prince Philip and Lucan. They had wanted to discuss something important with their daughters.

The guards had cross-checked and even checked around the palace to see if he could find them, but to no avail.

“What?!” Prince Philip and Lucan both said at the same time, shocked.

“Have you combed around the palace to verify what you are saying?” Prince Philip asked the guard.

“Yes, Your Majesty, we’ve searched everywhere for them, but we couldn’t find them,” the second guard responded.

“If you have checked around, as you said, then where did they go at this time of the night?”

No one could answer Prince Philip’s question.

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“I know why you’re here, Philip,” Arizona began softly as Philip came to her chambers that night alongside Lucan.

“Then where did they go?” Lucan asked immediately before the high priestess finished spea