337 Devil on her shoulder (1/2)

Abi quickly hid behind Alex, peeking out from over Alex's shoulder at the man who had suddenly arrived and caught her words about him. After seeing Zeke's dark scowl, she immediately ducked down again, trying to be as small as possible.

”Don't scare my little lamb, Zeke. You can't blame her for thinking that,” Alex said, smirking at Zeke, still amused at the little lamb's words.

”I… I'm sorry. T-that was just a joke. I didn't mean it,” Abi said, extremely apologetic, peeking out again over Alex's shoulder like a little cat.

”So? Where have you been?” Alex asked as he looked at Zeke as if he didn't really care.

Zeke, however, didn't answer his question. Instead, he brought a strange order from the kingdom. ”The King has summoned you, Alex,” Zeke said straightforwardly.

Alex merely raised his brow. ”The King…” he echoed. ”And are you going to order me to go?”

A short silence passed by as Zeke seemed to be weighing something up in his mind. ”Yes. You and I will go back and answer the summon.”

Abi, who had been squatting behind Alex, suddenly stood up in surprise. She was shocked. What was going on? They hadn't even been here for a full day yet and they were already leaving? What about their mission? Were they just going to abandon that?

She looked at Zeke with wide eyes filled with questions. She just couldn't believe it! They came here to find the witch queen so that they could find some answers which they hadn't found yet! Why the sudden change of plans when they hadn't even started yet?

”Uhm… are we really going back to the palace?” she butted in and Zeke finally looked at her.

”Yes,” he told her. ”I will head back first. You two have to be back at the palace by tomorrow morning. I will leave the car here for you,” he added as he tossed the keys to Alex, who caught it without batting an eye.