Arius POV
I kick the muddy ground outside the witch Yasmina's house as yet another possible place Ruby could be is a dead end.
“I am sorry, King Arius. Truly, I am. I promised you last time you came that if I heard or knew of anything about your daughter I would inform you straight away,” she stammers in the doorway. She was one of the first witches I came for ten years ago, knowing she had been a very close friend of Maggie’s. I used a spell to read her memories and she was telling the truth. She knew nothing.
I grunt at her, not even able to form a coherent sentence through my own anger and walk away. Two of my guards stand waiting at the end of the road and nod at me as I approach.
“Waste of my f*cking time,” I growl. “Let’s head back to the castle.”
It is gone midnight and I w
