Chapter 31

• Elena stood by the kingdom gates, waving goodbye to those who had come out to see her. Her grandparents were still in the castle, as it was inconvenient for them to see her out. Her grandmother had cried and hugged her tightly when she was leaving, and she promised her grandmother that she would be back. She also made her grandmother promise to be strong for her and her grandfather. She wanted to come back to a lively castle. Her grandmother had nodded her head, adhering to her wish.
• Mac and Wazir had followed her and Forest to the kingdom's gates. Forest was adamant about not leaving her alone, and Elena surmised that he was still in trauma from her kidnap incident. Mac was trying so hard to hide his tears, and so Elena promised him to try and create a branch of the Red Queen's restaurant in the kingdom of Tush, making his dreams come to life. Mac immediately brightened and stopped his tearing, enveloping her in a big hug. Wazir also hugged her tightly, which she returned, but Forest, for his life, didn't want to get close to Wazir. Elena had snickered. The poor man had been tortured enough by Wazir.
• She mounted her horse and turned to face Forest, who had already climbed his, and with one final goodbye, she made her way out of the kingdom of Neba. Once she left the gate, she and Forest headed east towards the Kingdom of Tush. According to her grandfather, it would take them three days before they reached the southern part of the kingdom. That would be their first entrance into the kingdom of Tush. They are to ride straight for another two days if they wish to arrive at the northern kingdom early. They rode for three days straight, only taking intermittent rest, before they finally reached the border town of the kingdom of Tush.