CHAPTER THREE
" Your highness, I present to you Lady Sasha Rose." The guard announced.
"Sasha! Please enter. I am glad you received my letter." King Amaron said as Sasha entered the throne room.
"Your highness, I am honored that you call upon me in favor." Sasha said while approaching the King.
"I do not know if you have heard of this new threat that has reached us. So I will tell you of it."
"Threat your highness?" Sasha asked.
"Yes, these past few nights at the kingdom of Arius, a masked rider has been chased. It is said that he has sneaked into the kingdom itself and stolen quite a bit of gold from the royal family."
Sasha's eyes grew narrow, and her voice sounded a little inquisitive. "A masked rider your highness?"
"Yes, it seems no one has been able to catch him. Every time they chase him he disappears into the night, like some phantom."
"Disappearing phantoms your highness? I knew no such things existed." Sasha said in a humorous tone.
"Yes it does seem farfetched but still it has been happening. It seems the Dark rider has returned."
Sasha's eyes went wide with shock, " The Dark rider your highness, it couldn't be, I thought he was gone for good!"
"It seems we thought wrong Lady Rose." " But there is more to this meeting then the discussion of this fugitive. There is the Christmas ball coming up very soon. I have planned to have all of the guards on duty, to make sure that the kingdom will not be infiltrated. Speaking of the Christmas ball I wish to have my niece Firoa fitted with a dress. It will be the first time she has been to Arcadia. Your expertise in dressmaking is unmatched, so when she arrives I wish to send her to you for a dress. Will you accept this favor I ask of you?"
"Of course your highness. Nothing would please me more."
After that Sasha was dismissed and lead out of the castle. She walked down the still busy cobblestone road back to her shop thinking. "The dark rider eh? Nice name." Sasha smirked as she went around behind her shop to her stables. There waited her horse Swift Wind who was a black Mare.
"So my swift friend, how do you like the name of The Dark Rider? Does it suit us?"
" Your highness, I present to you Lady Sasha Rose." The guard announced.
"Sasha! Please enter. I am glad you received my letter." King Amaron said as Sasha entered the throne room.
"Your highness, I am honored that you call upon me in favor." Sasha said while approaching the King.
"I do not know if you have heard of this new threat that has reached us. So I will tell you of it."
"Threat your highness?" Sasha asked.
"Yes, these past few nights at the kingdom of Arius, a masked rider has been chased. It is said that he has sneaked into the kingdom itself and stolen quite a bit of gold from the royal family."
Sasha's eyes grew narrow, and her voice sounded a little inquisitive. "A masked rider your highness?"
"Yes, it seems no one has been able to catch him. Every time they chase him he disappears into the night, like some phantom."
"Disappearing phantoms your highness? I knew no such things existed." Sasha said in a humorous tone.
"Yes it does seem farfetched but still it has been happening. It seems the Dark rider has returned."
Sasha's eyes went wide with shock, " The Dark rider your highness, it couldn't be, I thought he was gone for good!"
"It seems we thought wrong Lady Rose." " But there is more to this meeting then the discussion of this fugitive. There is the Christmas ball coming up very soon. I have planned to have all of the guards on duty, to make sure that the kingdom will not be infiltrated. Speaking of the Christmas ball I wish to have my niece Firoa fitted with a dress. It will be the first time she has been to Arcadia. Your expertise in dressmaking is unmatched, so when she arrives I wish to send her to you for a dress. Will you accept this favor I ask of you?"
"Of course your highness. Nothing would please me more."
After that Sasha was dismissed and lead out of the castle. She walked down the still busy cobblestone road back to her shop thinking. "The dark rider eh? Nice name." Sasha smirked as she went around behind her shop to her stables. There waited her horse Swift Wind who was a black Mare.
"So my swift friend, how do you like the name of The Dark Rider? Does it suit us?"