Meanwhile, back in the village

As the village stirs in the morning there is no sign of Nym, only a note. Thus, Illuvaen, wanting to make sure she was safe searched around the area and find that her tracks lead off away from the camp. He then sent off several skilled trackers who eventually found the embers of a small dying fire. The trackers quickly return to camp and relay the news to the Queen Aethea and Prince Illuvaen.
"Ah, so she must not have been the one." She says. "The chosen one would not have run so quickly."

"Don't be ridiculous mother - she went back to see her friends."

"Without saying anything to us?"

"Well... there was a note. She did thank us for her hospitality and said she would return. Plus, there were complications..." Illuvaen said thinking back to the kiss. Though there had been something there it had been fleeting and he suspected that her heart had turned from him.

"I did see your inappropriate behavior last night." The queen grabs a bag of bones and throws them onto the ground. "Interesting."
"What is it?" Illuvaen had no skill with divination preferring to rely mostly on martial and very light magic.

"If we ignore her and her companions something very bad will happen. But, if we help them and they are indeed those of the prophecies then someone will face a fate worse than death." She said looking up from the bones to him.

"Well..." Illuvaen says smiling. "I will have to make some decisions than."