The leader of the guards eyed her suspiciously. Her clothes were torn and smeared with mud and blood; she looked nothing like a relative of the royal family.
"Show me your identity token," the guard demanded proof of her identity; he wasn't going to let a stranger who claimed to be related to a royal through the dome without proper checks.
Bella froze at her words and quickly rummaged through her dimensional ring, praying the token was with her—it was her only proof of being related to Darven.
Her heart sank as minutes passed without her finding her token. Just as she was about to give up hope, her fingers touched a silver card.
Bella's eyes lit up, and she quickly pulled it out and handed it to the guard. At that moment, in her joy, she forgot that it also bore the name of her noble house.
The guard cast a spell on the silver card, causing the invisible rune inscribed on it to light up and transform into a blue screen displaying Bella's recorded personal information.
