#Chapter 171: Focus On The Wedding

Leaving the building, we search for Scott and find him some ways away, inspecting the pushed down grass by the wall. Caleb, with the half-burned photo of me tucked into his pocket, is still furious, but he seems to try to be calming himself as he speaks to Scott with a level tone. “Do you have any hope of tracking them?” Caleb asks. “Yes. With how many they are in number, they leave a big trail,” Scott replies, “But it’s going to take some time to catch up with them again.” “Do it,” Caleb says. Scott nods. “For now.” Caleb looks back at me. “There’s nothing more you and I can do but return to the palace. I have much I need to attend to.” When he says the words, a sort of dread fills me. I know very well the types of things that are waiting for him back at the palace. Mainly, his wedding. Caleb so caught up with his own anger and his plans doesn’t even seem to realize what he said or how it might hurt me. Instead, he’s already walking toward the edge of the fort, read