A Missing Princess (2)

Shuffled faster, while looking nearly suspicious, his face crumbled, and his jaw tightened. He fled straight into the forest and went toward his small cabin, where Shadow was supposed to be.

A few knights greeted him as he passed by with his stoic expression, none ever questioned his motive to be near the crime scene. With a glum nod, they let him pass by them.

Some offered to escort him, which he politely declined while the others silently watched him with emotional gazes. Everyone acknowledged him as part of the lion tribe, and for that, he was always grateful to them.

Despite being favored by the king, he was still hellbent to be independent, therefore, purchasing the most desolate place at the peak of the mountain, away from civilization. Which gave the king and the queen a fright.

Well, his process of thought constantly gave his adoptive parents a scare. Occasionally, the parents urged him to attend therapy sessions with them – which he had to comply with because he loved them an