"We should head back, my lady, or we will get late"
Andrew without making eye contact with her and his steps headed straight to the carriage.
Soon Isabelle follows him inside and the carriage leaves the market.
The night falls,
"If you are so sleepy why don't you sleep beside me, keep your head on my shoulder?"
Andrew was super sleepy, so he could sometime close his eyes to sleep while sitting, the jumps in the carriage would make him awake every time he falls asleep.
"No, my lady it will inappropriate, please do understand"
Isabelle stands up from her sit and sits beside him.
Andrew did nothing, he just stared at her, wide eyes.
Isabelle holds his head and lightly, with gently movements place it on her shoulder, without saying anything just one word.
"Sleep"
Andrew first rejects it but later on slowly due his heavy eyelids he falls asleep on her shoulder.
Andrew finds himself again in a luxury room with the mother, father and that little girl, the dream continued from where it ended.
"Oh my lovely daughter, grace might be waiting for you in the garden"
The father said to that little girl.
"He came!!" That little girl voice held a recognised voice like she knew that person and she sounded annoyed to meet him.
She pouted her lips.
The mother bent down to her and tucks her blond hair behind the ear and spoke,
"Oh my daughter, why don't you go meet him, he is waiting for you like hours"
The mother said to her daughter.
"Okay, okay, I will"
The little girl said clutching to her mother's dress.
"Now, my daughter, he is waiting" the mother warns her daughter with a glare.
"There you are! How many hours I have waited for you do you realise that!"
"Why are you here for?" That little girl's voice sounded angry.
"Huh? How rude, I came to meet you my lady"
That boy mocked her.
The boy had blue eyes and black medium length hair, clothing in purple colour.
"I am not rude.."
"Look there is a caterpillar on your shoulders"
Cutting her words the little boy said to her.
"Ahhh, where where"
Scared she jumped and searched corners to get that caterpillar down.
"I was just joking" that little boy said laughing, holding his stomach, he laughed loudly.
"When my elder brother will come, he will, he will.."
That little girl said crying and sometimes she sobbed and between her cries there was hiccups too.
"What is happening here?"
That little girl's mother asked.
"Mother!" She ran to her mother and complained about that little boy who said there like a angel. Like he did nothing.
"Oofff, you kids, come your elder brother must be near the capital"
Her elder brother would go out of the capital time to time, when king adviced him or there was some work of the king.
And today was the day when her elder brother would arrive back to the capital.
"Yes, he must be near the capital, I should not ruin my mood just because of this person" like a mature girl, she said.
And walked ahead with her mother, leaving the boy behind, soon that little boy followed her.
So Andrew who was there with them like a uninvited ghost.
The streets were in joy and every where slogans of excitement.
The heros were coming back in the capital.
And so that little girl's elder brother.
Her family and the little girl was on the balcony of a house which was located just beside the main streets rather than standing in the crowd.
The house was a theatre for the nobles only.
With her and her family, that little boy was also there standing with her.
Seeing her elder brother slowly coming where she was, she rushed down the stairs and went to stand in the crowd, to see her elder brother closely.
Her parents tried to stop her, but she was being stubborn.
Her elder brother was riding on horse, he was riding to the main hall where they need to return, but when he saw her little sister standing in front of the crowd waiting for him.
He jumped down from the horse and dashed to her and getting her up on his shoulders and he hugged her and went back to his horse, holding the straps, he walked side by side with, his little sister being on his shoulders.
Andrew who was like a ghost to them was following her elder brother and this everything was happening before his very eyes.
Just like a 3D video playing of someone's memories.
After everything was done, The king honoured her elder brother and when the process was completed, they all returned back home at around the time of afternoon.
That little boy went back to his mansion, when the butler came to get him.
The day of her birthday was near, just more 3 days to go.
All the family members was planning for her birthday while she was sleeping in her brother's arms.
And in their talk they called her name, Isabelle!
Why she was the person he loved and will love?
How can they met? Was it all planned?
Or she is not the same person he met, when he was 15?
Or he heard it wrong?
A lot of questions came running to mind of Andrew's
Before he could understand anything more, his dream broke.
Andrew woke up to the sound of howling and screams of people in pain.
Isabelle was not in the carriage, it was empty in the carriage it was only him.
The sounds was coming from outside, he opened the door and jump out and saw a group of werewolves fighting with the guards, but Isabelle was not in the sight.
She was ahead going for the leader of the group.
The night was cold, and the winds blowing even colder, the forest felt as if the trees had eyes and they were watching Andrew. Panicked Andrew got inside and the voices was silent, he stepped outside, and saw only 2 guards there standing to guard the carriage and rest of the guards was not there, they went inside the forest to look for the Lady who was not there with them and was still not in the sight of Andrew and this got him a little worried.
Where is she? The question hit Andrew. He had a lot of questions to ask her, he wanted to know the truth and what is happening too.
To find her himself he made a excuse to the guards "ah, I wanna go to pee"
"My master, the situation is not good, please do it here in the bushes"
"No no, this can be 2 one too, I can't just do it here, it will look bad"
The guards exchanged glances with each other, and Andrew's eyes followed their exchange with in hope that they will buy this excuse, they said something to each other without involving the movements of hand or the little movements of lips, they shared one last glance before answering,
"Let's go, my master"
He went inside the forest with the one guard following him from behind and the second guard decided that he would be in the back guarding the carriage.
Andrew sat down between the two dense bush and told the servant not to peek and to stay in a distance, or the smell will kill him.
Taking this opportunity, he sneak out of there and in search of her, he went deep inside the forest which was unknown to him until it was explored by him.