The prince immediately shook his head.
"I don't know."
Atheline watched carefully. The man had answered too fast and the fear in his face couldn't be any more visible.
Lilith noticed too. And unfortunately, that did not improve the prince's situation.
Both of them had hoped to at least get something, just anything about the royal family that might have been spoken behind closed doors.
"Let me make the question simpler. Tell me where they might go. You must have known, right?"
The prince stole a glance at Lilith before lowering his gaze, his face paler.
"I'm not really sure your majesty, I..."
He flinched. Lilith's pressure filled the small room.
"Do not take me in circles."
He nodded.
"The borders, I heard snippets while father spoke with Silas," he rapidly said, almost word vomiting," I heard him saying Terah kingdom, ships, beast kingdom... I... I left when the guards noticed my presence."
