Chapter 2 2

King Daniel recondensed Rawlings by advising him to be patient, and that everything will pass, "this is her destiny, it must happen," King Daniel said to Rawlings.

"Your majesty, the main thing that worries me is that I don't know where Anastasia is; is she alive or dead? I don't know," Rawlings was talking to the king while swiping the tires coming out from his eyes.

The king said to him: "Anastasia is alive by God's will, and she will be seen, we will look for her in other cities around us."

That night Rawlings couldn't sleep, he promised to take revenge for the blood of his wife was shed and to destroy everything that brings instability and terrorism to the Izao forest.

Anastasia woke up in the night, she began to shout, mentioning Mum, and Dad, and then everyone came and stood on her, they started pushing and blocking the king's way.

The king came to see her, she was a beautiful girl who could not be more than ten years old, she resembled her mother completely; her fingers were like spoons because of their thinness, and her eyes were as big as her mother's own.

King Walter wiped the tears coming out from her beautiful face and asked her about her biography. But unfortunately, she was dazed; she couldn't remember anything about her biography, she couldn't remember what happened to her, and she forgot the name of her father, her mother and the town she came from, she can only remember her name. She was asked and persuaded but she could not say anything.

Then the king sent a messenger to call the man who brought her, "Where did you find this girl?" The king asked him angrily. He said: "O majesty, I was on my farm cultivating and I just saw her running down near Izao forest." The man answered the king in fear and confusion "she fainted before I drove to where she was, I picked her up, and I quickly brought her to your house."

The king said: "Are you sure this is what happened?"

"I am sure, Your Highness," he said gazing near his feet.

King Daniel asked Rawlings for advice about whether he should start looking for Anastasia or investigating what is happening in the Izao forest.

"Your majesty, whatever you did is right" Rawlings replied to King Daniel "but I prefer to start an investigation on the Izao forest to save the lives of people in the kingdom and the surrounding areas because we do not know what will happen in the future."

The king agreed to Rawlings' advice, but he did not know where to start, he was supposed to know the history of the Izao forest before he started investigating what is happening in it at the moment. But who will he ask?

As far as the king knows, he does not know a single person that knows the history of the Izao forest. "Now what is the solution? Where should I start? Who will help me in finding these things?" King Daniel kept repeating these questions in his mind. He did not know who would give him the answer to these questions.

Three days after Mary's murder, her corpse was still in the mortuary at the king's house. King Daniel said to Rawlings: "I think I will call a meeting of my representatives to find out who knows the history of Izao Forest because I think knowing this will help a lot in understanding how to tackle the forest."

"This idea is valid, your majesty," Rawlings said to the king humbly, "But when do you think the meeting will be held?"

"Your majesty, your attention is needed outside, Robbins is back" a voice from outside interrupted the discussion between the king and Rawlings. The king quickly came out only to see Robbins Bryan, Rawlings' younger brother.

Robbins is a man with an average height of not less than 9'5, he was thirty years old, and Rawlings is ten years older than him, between him and Rawlings there were three people but they were all dead, he looks like Rawlings because they all resemble their mother, Elizabeth.

The king respects the family of Hawk, Rawlings' father, even though Robbins is not Hawk's son, because Hawk divorced Elizabeth, Rawlings' mother, she went and married Bryan, Robbins' father, then later he died and left her with one child, Robbins, then Hawk married her once more.

And so Rawlings and Robbins started as family members who helped each other, until their mother died, whose death caused Mr. Hawk to have a heart attack, and eventually, he died.

That's how Rawlings and Robbins continued to live, this reason made them learn to be brave until everyone in Decca and its surroundings knew them.

The king sent Robbins somewhere to spy on him about something that no one knows, even in the king's palace, he was in this situation when he heard about what had happened to Mary, His brother's wife, he quickly finished what he was set to do and came back to confirm what was happening, because he thought it was a lie, even though he heard it a from truth source. But he has doubts in his heart.

"I gathered you because I want to tell you that we've to be back by tomorrow morning due to what happened with our beloved sister, Mary, my brother's wife," Robbins said to his army that the king had sent him with them.

When he entered the city, he saw how the people were without joy on their faces, and he got more confirmation of what was said. He didn't get full confidence until he saw Rawlings' face as if he was paralyzed in a short time because of the absence of Mary and Anastasia, his eyes looking like an alligator pepper.

" Robbins you're welcome," the king said to Robbins with a smile that didn't reach his heart, "Let's go inside and relax."

The king ordered a variety of food and vegetables for Robbins. The king stole Robbins so that they'll not tell him anything about what happened to Mary until he finishes the food that was brought to him.

King Daniel did this because he knew that if Robbins was told what had happened, he would not be able to eat anything.