Thief of Scarlett

three

When she jumped from the window his breath was a lot for what seemed like hours. He rushed to the window seal and watched her fall though the magical link pulled her into the forest. Damien let the breath out that he forgot that he was holding. She had made out of the Palace without getting into a fight or getting cut. 

' easy Damien' 

'you're a fuck you know that' 

' I'm very well aware'  her laugh sounded in his head making his stomach flutter just a bit.

' Please stay out of trouble'

' Is that an order or a suggestion?'

' an order'

" Damien?" he turned to face Tobias his face also pale at what they just witnessed.

" There's no away they could have survived that"

Damien looked to the Prince " there's a way but it's a rare "

" What is it?"

" Link magic"

Tobias rubbed his hands over his face in frustration it's had only been hours since the robbery and nothing had turned up. All of the men that this girl somehow knocked them unconscious wherein the Doctors Hall. This girl had gone to get lengths to make sure she wasn't noticed. They don't even know what was stolen and that would be the hard part. So far they only had her cloak and that wouldn't do much.

" How?"

" There could be a number of possible ways she could have gotten in"

" All entrances are guarded" Ryan countered

" Not the maids quarters"

Everyone seemed to freeze in their places. The one door that wasn't guarded was the one the staff went in and out of. The one place someone could slip in unnoticed. Tobias leaned back in his seat closing his eyes. The silence in the room faded to all the men in the room throwing in about what should be done. His eyes shot open at the words of Lord Maxwell sitting across from him. Execution.

" We will not execute!"

Lord Maxwell met with Prince Tobias's eyes as if to have a silent conversation. Finally, the lord sat down in his chair in defeat. The conversation went into how to find and arrest this thief,  the only idea that was suggested was extra guards and search parties in the city plus a reward for her whereabouts. This was the only way with little to no violence and no blood would be on any hands. 

" Are we any closer to find out what she stole?" Tobias asked

" no, my prince" Damien paused " but the box is a different story" 

"  In what way?"

" the box belonged to The late Thane Scarlett"

The tone in the room seemed to shift to complete sadness. Everyone looked away from each other to stare at the ground. A small tear fell down Maxwell's cheek on to the table one of the other lords gripped his shoulder in sorrow. Though the girl died Almost nine years ago the impact it left on everyone was like it happened just yesterday. The way she died was almost too dark to even tell Not even the Scarlett family couldn't even stomach their daughter's fate. 

Damien went rigid at the memory of the hell he pulled Thane out the basement of her own summer home. He thought she would die in his arms trying to get away but she didn't and pulled through. It took her days just to sit up without pain and months just recover. When she was well enough to ride again she left to court he wouldn't expect her to come back either Thane came back to camp broken and a will with revenge so strong nothing could talk her out of it or tie her down. Since Thane had become so strong not even an experienced killer could take her down. Damien smiled anyways remembering the bubbly girl that ran through these halls as children. 

" Damien?" he looked up to face Lord Maxwell " Why are you smiling?"

His hands shot up to his defense " I mean no disrespect milords it's just the memories of her as a child..." 

Choose your next words wisely 

" you knew her as a child?" 

" yes, her family was the first to welcome me" 

The lord eyed his body like a predator finding its prey  " she was a wonderful person" the lord moved to sit down at the table pouring himself a full glass of wine drinking it in a few gulps. 

" Everyone should remember her as such" 

" Damien" he turned to Tobias " take the rest of the day off will work the situation out later" Da

Damien pressed his fist to his chest and bowed walking out of the room. He walked in the poorly light halls to his room in the staff wing. He stripped his uniform off folding it neatly in his dresser and went for his normal clothes. A white linen shirt paired with thick leather pants and his thick doublet laced to the middle and laced the sleeves on. His boots laced just under his knees with knives hidden in the inside. His hair was tied up in a ponytail at his nape. He put his knife belt on the strapped to his thighs and put his long sword in its sheath on his hip. When he was ready he got his horse and rode into town.

He stopped his horse in front of a run-down building dismounting he tied the reins of his horse to a post and walked in. Damien waved to the bartender who waved back when he went down the long flight of stairs to the basement. He scanned the room and locked on to the girl playing pool in the back. His feet started walking to her putting his hands in his pockets he stopped to lean on the table while the girl played.

" how'd you know I was here?" she asked 

" if you're not in your apartment, hunting, or just not in the country you're getting intel."

" we've been apart for almost six months and you still remember how to find me" 

" After what you pulled I needed to make sure you're alright" 

"I'll give you that" 

She leaned down again and a smirk formed on her face. She won. 

" your name came up in our conversation" 

" I feel so honored" her hand went up to her chest 

" they've made the connection that the box was yours and somehow a thief knows how to open a box that wasn't supposed to be opened unless..." His voice stopped dead in its tracks the only reason why that should be opened if that something really bad was coming someone trying to open the gates from the other side. 

" more and more are concentrating their efforts into this kingdom. I don't know why but they are" 

" Thane" her eyes met with his "you're risking your life being here. Lord maxwell suspec-"

" let him suspect what he wants what he did will come back to bite him in the balls" 

" I just don't want to see you get hurt" 

" I know" Thane's voice was quiet.

" what are you gonna do?" 

" I don't know"