"What?! You're telling me that Addis was kidnapped during the women's hunt in the Mireraweth kingdom?!" Aiken angrily held onto one of the spies around his jet black collar shirt with anger to see that they had failed to protect Addis while he was managing the troops.

"W-We weren't able to g-get them." The spy was shaking in fear since they did not know how worse their situation could get with their Emperor being at his peak of anger.

"Your majesty! They were no ordinary people! We woke up to see no one!" The spies had been unable to do their duty due to a certain matter that they came across to disturb them.

"How can you all have been unconscious that time?! Damn it! Go find her!" Aiken released the spy with the rest leaving after not wanting to be harmed by their upset emperor. "How can they have lost her?!" He angrily slammed his hands onto the table in his tent since they were still on the battlefield.

"Oh, what is going on here?" Walking in was a person hidden by face and figure, ignoring the upset emperor who could easily harm him.

"What brings you here, ZH?" Aiken saw him, getting closer to him to see what information this fellow had for him. "Or should I say, Prince Ambrose?" Aiken looked angrily to the man who was said to have been assassinated by the enemy when he planned it himself to get out of the Mireraweth troops.

"I heard that your dearly beloved was kidnapped during the women's hunting event in the Mireraweth Kingdom. What was that talk about?" Ambrose went over to the dark side of the tent removing his mask, not allowing anyone to see his face.

"She was kidnapped during the hunt with only women around while men are not allowed to be there or enter. They said that she saved two young ladies on the hunt trying to take down the Grand Bear that had awoken from its hibernation. She was harmed, but appearing out was an unknown figure which had them all knocked unconscious with sleeping powder." Aiken sighed, rubbing his head with how complicated things got with the war being more pointless if he did not even know where Addis was in the Mireraweth Kingdom.

"Have you tried looking at any nearby towns or homes? She could've been taken by a wandering person who could have saved her if she was injured by that Grand Bear. They say that a Grand Bear's claw can have some kind of poison in it." Ambrose looked to see how Aiken had an unsettling aura forming around him and within him. "I may not see your face, but I can sense your worry about her. Addis would not die easily though. She will get away from her captor even if she was harmed, but she won't stop without a fight." Ambrose tossed the old mask that he would use when he was in the Mireraweth Kingdom. Wearing his other mask, he then tossed his old cloak away along with the old. "I'll be going as ZH. It's been a while since I last saw a certain someone." ZH went ahead, going to see the one person who he had been desperate to see for some time apart.

***

Mila grumbled in her sleep feeling how tired she was with the entire plan that she had been working on. She had been sound asleep, sleeping in until almost the end of noon since she had been out late for some time. She had been in her other disguise to discuss with Addis her entire plan. Addis was currently in hiding while Mila had sent a message to both Mireraweth and Maedda kingdom about the kidnap being just her alone who planned it all.

'That plan needs to be sure to work to benefit both of us. They all need to be against another group to forget the other unnecessary war that came up.' Mila then felt a warm hand pet her head. 'Who's warm hand is this?' She thought, feeling as though the hand was a bit too big to be Sara's and a little too small to be Emmett's hand. Opening her eyes, she saw ZH who was smiling with the same mask covering his eyes, but she was able to see his clear skin closer. "This is probably a dream." She mumbled hugging her pillow close to her, letting her bedsheets keep her warm from the early morning cold.

"If you want it to be a dream, then you wouldn't mind me stealing something, right?" ZH said, making Mila immediately get up from her comfortable sleeping position.

Looking more closely, she held his cheeks and turned his head left then right to make sure that it was not a dream or illusion. "Is it you?!" Mila was shocked to see that he finally come to visit her.

"Yeah, it's me." ZH held her hands that were on his cheeks. 'Did she miss me this much?' He felt rather happy to know that she held onto his cheeks when they first met again after some time apart from one another.

"You idiot!!!!" Mila hugged him crying without even thinking about the reason why she was crying by just seeing him. 'This idiot finally showed up by my side when I needed him the most!!!!' She angrily hated how things were at the moment with one another.

"Hey, if you cry too loud then you'll wake up your family and friends." ZH couldn't help but smile at the little lady that was hugging him so tightly without letting him go. 'Is it because you sense a familiarity with me?' ZH hoped that she didn't know yet about his secret.

"I felt very lonely," Mila said, rubbing her face against his chest, hearing his heart beating against her ear. 'Why am I even like this towards him? Is it because Ambrose is gone? Or do I just miss ZH?' Mila laid her head against his chest relaxing when he was there with her.

"I'm sorry that I left you alone." ZH kissed her head, making Mila know that she would, either way, forgive him since they were only apart from one another. He knew that if he was with another woman or had another lover then she would never forgive him.

"I lost a friend recently." Mila decided to say, feeling herself sniffle with her eyes starting to water again after she had cried so much.

"Do you want to tell me about this friend of yours?" ZH knew exactly who she was talking about since it wasn't hard to know. He smiled, recalling the flowers that she had sent him.

"He was always quiet, but I didn't mind that part about him. He seemed like the only person who was left out of the crowd, almost a bit like... me. I found him quite the odd one, but he was never unfair and kind to me. He knew how to keep me company even though it was quiet." Mila couldn't help but think about their time together from the moment they first met in the forest.

"I thought I kept you company?" ZH had to be honest, but he felt a little jealous even though he already knew that both people were the same. 'Even though we are the same people. I still feel jealous about Ambrose since Mila speaks so sweetly about him in front of me while she never says such sweet things about him to Ambrose.' ZH knew that it was pointless to say anything to her since he needed to still keep the secret to himself.

"You're not always here, but you both make me happy to have you by my side. Now, I only have you." Mila looked up to see ZH, holding sad eyes that had signs of not wanting to lose him. "Don't leave me also."

ZH was just shocked to hear that from Mila since he had never thought she would tell him that in front of him since she was usually embarrassed to say such mushy words. Hugging her, Mila could feel him lay his hand onto her shoulder, pulling her closer to him to never feel alone. "I won't leave you as long as you don't leave me." He understood the feeling of loneliness, he had experienced it before which left nothing but painful memories in the end for him.

Feeling her heartthrob, Mila didn't think that ZH would tell her such a thing about not leaving his side as long as she remained by his side. It made her happy though to hear those words from him since it had been so long since she last put so much trust into a man like him. "I won't." She responded feeling at ease with his warmth close to her.

*Knock Knock*

Hearing someone knock on the door, Mila knew this wasn't good because she had a man in her room with both unmarried. "Eeekkkk!!!!"

"Lady Mila? Lady Mila?" Sara was on the other side of the door, seeing if her lady was going to wake up late again as she had been for the last few days. Making Mila shocked to see that ZH didn't seem to bother if Mila's maid found out or not.

"ZH?! Go! Go! Don't get caught!" Mila whispered wanting ZH to hurry and leave before he was discovered by her maid who would surely go and inform her father and Leo about it. 'Why did she have to show up at this time of day?!' Shouting deeply into her mind, she did not think that Sara's timing was 'very accurate' to come at this time.

"Lady Mila?" Sara was still calling to her from the outside of her bedroom which she soon started to turn the doorknob that was locked ahead of time. "Lady Mila, why is your door locked???" Sara had never seen her young lady lock her bedroom door before.

"I'll come back to see you again. Wait for me later tonight." He kissed her head again, leaving soon after to let Mila get a sigh of relief from being discovered with a man like him.

'That man...' Mila thought, holding a bit of worry and anger towards him for his cockiness that had grown towards her. "You can come in!" Mila had run up to her bedroom doors, personally opening them with Sara eyeing her to see if her young lady was hiding something from her.

"You're up? I kept calling you." Sara looked to see Mila the same almost every morning. 'Maybe, I think too much.' Sara decided to let the suspicion go since her lady was still young with a lot to experience in her life.

"I know. I heard you." Mila rubbed her eyes and got out of her bed, trying to make sure that she had the image of just waking up. She still needed to meet with Addis to discuss a few matters after though. "Sara, where is my father?" Bringing up another topic, she was a little curious about what her father could be doing at this time of day.

"Your father had to leave again to the palace since the matters of the war have been interrupted due to the matters of kidnap. Things are not going as smoothly once Lady Addis was kidnapped during the hunting event. Receiving an unknown message had them believing that they are up against a new enemy. We were lucky to find you, if we didn't then your father would have done something against all odds."

Emmett entered Mila's room and stared at her, their young lady still looked tired and still a bit out of the ordinary in the morning. "Mila?"

Mila turned around seeing Emmett standing there with Sara handing her the mask and cloak. "Hm?" Mila couldn't help but feel some sort of cold sweat behind her back with Emmett calling her.

"What are you planning?" Emmett made sure that no one was nearby to hear them out.