Blossom in Full Bloom (Book 4: The Pink Blossom Series)

Secrets Revealed

We came across the town near Difila. I thought I could see if my little penpal could help us find someone in distress. It would be an excuse to see Tancity, too.

"Red Whirlwind!" Tancity ran over to give me a big hug. She glanced at my companions. She was struck with shock when she saw my Father, as he took his place next to me. "Is that...?"

"This is my Father." I introduced.

My Father smiled at her.

"Prince... Z-Z..." She was not sure if she was supposed to say, so she covered her mouth.

I looked around, no one was around. "It's alright."

She stood up straight. "I'm Tancity... highness Zen." She said in a very cute way.

"It's lovely to meet you."

"Really?!" She smiled ecstatically.

"Of course."

"Tancity, what's the word on the streets?" I smiled playfully. I wanted to pull her attention back.

"I don't know much... But I heard a guy is forcing people to do stuff for him, even when they don't want to."

"Is there anything you can tell us?"

"No, but I heard it from Uncle Raiden. He works at the smithy. He could tell you." She pointed in its direction.

I met Kat's eyes. She knew what to do and left.

As we waited for Kat to return, I sat down with Tancity against the wall of a building.

"I wanna know what adventures you've gone on?!" She asked excitedly. "Pleeeaaasseee...?!"

"Alright." I had to be careful, my Father was listening. I didn't want him to freak out. So I told her about the stampede adventure. She giggled. I had chose that story, because I knew it would make her laugh.

Finally Kat returned. "What took so long?" I asked.

"Raiden didn't know that much either, so I had to track down his source."

"And did you find anything?" Zen asked.

"Yes, it's true. There's a group of people forcing others to work for our mystery man and they're just outside of town." Kat explained.

"Lead the way!" I prepared myself for what I needed to do.

"I can help." Tancity offered.

"You have done so much already. Leave this to us!" I assured her.

She nodded reluctantly.

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We got to the work camp. There were people who didn't look like they had been treated well. I remembered that Desti's mom had been at a work camp like this, according to Kenshi. They had killed her for trying to escape. This was not going to happen this time. I was going to put a stop to this! My Father being here, made me feel like I could conquer the world.

"Are you sure you can do this?" Zen wanted to see how much confidence I had in myself.

"She's dealt with way worse. This will be a cakewalk." Kat bragged on my behalf.

But it didn't get the desired result she was looking for.

"Just how much trouble have you gotten yourselves into?" Zen pressed.

"I can tell you later, but I have something I have to do, first." That was my way of buying myself more time. I knew he would bring it back up.

I left them behind and made my way to the roof of the enslaver's building, overlooking the fields. I had learned a grand entrance always sets the mood and intimidates my opponents. "Let them all go! You cannot force people to work for you!" I demanded to the leader, after I spotted him.