Mahnu, An Immortal's Journey

Chapter 45

It was another two hours after Mahnu had been taken away by Marcus, that the King arrived and finally saw Mahnu's carriage.

Sighing, he continued, but was interrupted by one of the knights following him. "Your Majesty. I just saw someone hiding!"

The King stopped. What was going on? Her carriage is right there! Why?

Then more people were seen coming out of the close by hedge. Some of them went to kneel, putting down their weapons, others were running away in fear...

"Get them all!" King Richard yelled.

He then galloped towards the carriage in haste, worried for Mahnu's safety, leaving his knights to his order.

These people have surrounded this area, were they after Mahnu? Does that mean that they are Sedric's men? Is that why reports had been stopped, because they had been intercepted!? Mahnu!?

He searched and searched and finally stopped his horse in front of William. "Where is she!?"

William looked up from his strategy plans of attack and couldn't believe that the King was in front of him. "Your Majesty!"

"Where's Mahnu!?"

William took a moment to respond. "She was taken away by Marcus, about two hours ago, Your Majesty."

Having Sedric's men not attacking but not dispersing upon Mahnu's leave, William figured that not only were they confused like him, but earlier, Mahnu had stated something about Sedric himself coming and that they had been waiting for him...So, the best William could do is keep defending this area and possibly come up with a sure method of attack...But he had not come up with very much, since he did not have many knights here to help him...

The King frowned, not understanding what Marcus's intentions were, "What...Marcus?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." William said, bowing before his King.

He didn't know whether it was planned or not, but since Mahnu's quick escape, Sedric's men had continued to do nothing, so perhaps Mahnu had on purposely left to save their lives...

Not wanting to be someone that Mahnu had to defend and protect, William had tried his hardest to come up with a plan to get rid of them so that he could go back to Mahnu's side...

He was a knight! He was Mahnu's main protector, yet, every time, she was always doing this to him!

"Why?" The King asked, really desperate to wanting to know what Marcus's thoughts were.

William was confused. How can the King not know? Marcus was his most trusted Loyal Knight!

In haste, William thought back to when he saw Marcus last. "He came, Your Majesty, and then he ordered Mahnu onto his horse and took her. She told us not to follow until Sedric's men were gone."

The King stared at William...

What was Marcus doing? Why was it like this? What could he plan on doing? Was it...To save these people?

These questions didn't matter though, as the King was desperate not only for Marcus, but for Mahnu as well...

What if they had followed after Marcus and Mahnu?

He had faith that Marcus would protect Mahnu, but realistically he wondered if Marcus could hold himself against fifty or so men on his own, and the King started to panic just thinking about it!

"Sedric's men are being attended to now. We will pursue after Marcus and Mahnu. Jaclyn, you will accompany us! What way did they travel?"

William ran to a horse and helped Jaclyn onto it, and they followed the King, as he had already started to travel in the direction that William had pointed to.