“We’re getting closer,” said Rebella. She was walking Lady Mare and Francina to the cave in the forest. “I said I would show you two the cave, so I am taking you there. We’re not very far now.”
“So, dear,” Lady Mare asked, “What did you say you saw in that cave?”
“I saw a—” she tripped on the tree roots. The others helped her back up. “You have to be careful, dear. You are very valuable to the princess.” Lady Mare said, “We wouldn’t want any harm to happen to you.”
Francina added teasingly, “You are, literally, our ticket to freedom, girl. So, what exactly is going on between you and the princess, by the way?”
“Me and the princess?” shy and embarrassed, Rebella could not hold eye contact with them. “Nothing.”
Francina was even more curious, “And don’t you have a boyfriend? Some femini
