Chapter 21

After Ghost left, a parchment from the King in the metal cylinder, the small party resumed the journey. Earlier, the King talked with Gorn and Tizgar about hunting, but ever since he received the parchment from Droyn, he appeared to be worried. Very worried.

‘What could have contained that message to make him this worried?’ Ayla thought while she kept stealing glances at him.

Tizgar and Gorn talked in low voices while the King sat on his horse in silence. He kept looking at the trees every five minutes, his brow furrowed.

Ayla nudged Star to get closer to Milton’s horse. “What is he looking at?”

Milton, who was lost in his thoughts, blinked at Ayla a few times and asked, confused, “What?”

“The King, he keeps looking at the trees, then forward, then back at the trees as if they hold the answer to some riddle.”

“They do. Well, in a certain way. Old Nordmarian runes and symbols are painted or carved on certain trees, or ropes with knots or colored beads are t