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Delilah stared at Princess Clara, whose words didn't fully register with her. "That can't be true," Delilah said more to herself. "They...they will find us, surely." Even though she didn't believe her own words, she had to. Xenia was still out there, and she refused to die before finding her.

"Look, lady, you can believe all you want," Princess Clara grunted, "but if they haven't found us by now, there's no hope they ever will." Princess Aidy cried even louder, and Princess Clara growled. "She's been like this for days. I think I prefer death to this...incessant crying."

"Oh, honey. Shh," Delilah said as Princess Aidy cried into Delilah's shirt.

Delilah looked around the cell. She didn't want to think about her daughter being stuck in this place. Alone and scared, having no one to embrace her. Or even worse, thinking no one would come for her. She needed to find a way out of here. Tears formed around her own eyes as she thought about Xenia.

"Please, don't start crying, too,"
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