Truth That Are Lies

Chapter: 3

I was in a carriage with sophie which carried us to the villiage, my thoughts were filled with the conversation me and grandmother shared,

FLASHBACK

"What do you mean? Where is the book then, it must be guarded, it should be guarded, it can't fall into the wrong hands", I paced around my room,

"Dear, it is safe, its in sophie's house protected very well, it can only be opened with a key, a key which only two people knows where it is hidden", grandma assured,

"And you sure its my parents book?", I asked, to which she replied with small nod, I sighed.

END OF FLASHBACK

"we're here", sophie announced, we got out of the carriage, no one recognized me as I covered myself with a cloth, I wanted everyone to treat me as their own, not some queen they always have to bow to,

I passed a few groups of people huddled together whispering,

"We have to do something",

"like what?, we don't even have the slightest clue as to who is killing all these innocent people",

"Uh- soph, wh- what are they talking about", I furrowed by eyebrows, "oh I knew it! That bastard jaffron didn't pass our complains to you", sophie fumed, "What are you talking about?", I queried,

"Right, um we've been trying to tell you about these murders that were taking place here at night, everyones terrified, no one sleeps at night anymore... some days we even find bodies in the woods", she shivered,

I stood there shocked, "Every night?", I questioned, "no, once or thrice a week", she replied,

"And when did it start",

"t-this month...",

"This month!?", I bellowed, "Im going to confront jaffron about this, do you have any suspects?",

"Well... we sort of suspect.... J-Jaffron",

"Jaffron? Soph, look I know how this might look like but im pretty sure its not jaffron, he was always with me day and night",

"We caught him lurking around here at night last week",

"I had wanted him to buy a medicine last week, remember? I was sick, I heard that news got around the village like a virus",

"Yeah.... I guess",

"hey but I will keep a close look on him, who is your next suspect?",

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I was woken up by Elaine in the middle of the night, "Come on! Get up!", she frantically said as she picked a dress and a pair of boots, "wha-whats goin on??", I asked as I put on the dress and boots, "The danger has been spotted near this place, we HAVE to go to the safe house, all the neighbors are already there!", she exclaimed as she shoved me a hooded cloak, 

I followed her out the house, "Where's your father? And what do you mean spotted? Do they know who it is?", I asked suddenly, "He's outside, waiting for us, and no unfortunately we don't know who it is, they just spotted a man's silhouette, a bunch of people armed are going after that man but it's said he slipped away", Elaine bust open the front door and climbed on a brown horse, her dad was already on an another horse, ready to go, 

I hastily pushed myself up a black horse and we took off, so this place we're going is where people must have hidden when the killer was at large, we finally reached at a huge house, this house was like one in the cities, more... modern, it was located near the lighthouse, Elaine took out a key and twisted it open, I followed her into the house to see dozens of families nervously standing around a round table, a map of the village sprawled across the table, 

I pulled my hood down, making sure it covered most of my face, thankfully no one noticed us coming, everyone too busy talking over one another, "it must be someone from our village! A traitor", a man said, "that's not possible, the killer comes from the woods and the woods path lead to two path, the border between our kingdom and another and the other path leads to the.... castle", a woman said, everyone was silent, 

"Whos that!?", a woman shouted pointing a finger at me, Elaine stood infront of me protectively, "it's ok! She-", Elaine looked at me for reassurance, I nodded nervously, "She's Queen Freya", Elaine exclaimed, gasps filled the air before everyone lowered themselves to bow, I took off my hood, "rise, my fellow subjects", I said and everyone heeded, 

"these are troubled times, I know but let's not get carried away, no killer is from my castle, I assure you, but i dare say, you might be right about the other kingdom, Vadronia, their kingdom and ours have always had a complicated relationship", I stated, "My queen, how are we supposed to fight against them, there is only one lose killer in our village and yet we are not able to catch him, we are no match against the Vadroniaons", a man called out, others nodded in agreement, 

"What is your name, sir?", I asked kindly, "Uh, Darren, your highness", he replied, "Well Mr.Darren, don't lose hope, for you and your people have your queen on your side, so the royal soldiers are yours if you need them, just ask, our weaponry are quite good I'd say, we will produce protection, I will order my guards tomorrow and we will hunt the man down", I smiled, cheers filled the room, 

"But we still aren't sure if it's the vadroniaons-", another man started but Elaine cut him off, "Sir, We will investigate further tomorrow, for now the children needs sleep", everyone slowly started moving out the safe house, "Come on girls, you two need sleep after this", Elaine's father told, we followed him out the door but stopped dead on our tracks, a man was tied to a tree nearby, blood running down from his torso and mouth, he was barely alive, 

A woman was sitting beside the man crying, his wife I suspected, "Who did this, we just need a name, please, tell us, hurry", Elaine's father asked, I stood there in horror at the sight, "it's.....- its the- the man who killed me was from the-", the dying man spoke, I shook myself from the trance before hurrying to him, 

"Who is it, we just need a name", I cut him off, he looked at me and his eyes widened, "You! She-", he tried, Elaine said, "Yes, sir she's queen freya, she's come to help us", "No- She- her- Ja-", the man suddenly froze, he wasn't breathing anymore, "NOO!!", his wife screamed, hugging his body, he was dead