A Night With The King

After four days of looking for Sophie without any possible lead, Lance had to return to Otano temporarily because he had something important that he had to attend to. The people Roseline had spoken to were doing their best to find her, even though they were able to trace the card that Patrick had given her, they still couldn’t find her because she had left the place before they got there. Lance spoke with Patrick about it and they decided that it would be better to get the authorities of the country involved. It would be easier that way. Lance had wanted to do it on his own but as the days went by, he realized it would be impossible to find out, that’s why he scheduled a meeting with the president of the country, as soon as he arrived back, he would meet up with him. He already had plans to strike a deal with them in exchange for helping him find Sophie.

He had left Patrick behind and he was able to schedule the meeting, they have talked throughout when he has been in Otano and so far, they haven’t heard anything. Every day without her felt so empty, he just wanted everything to be over and for Sophie to be back to him already, he didn’t care what he had to do to get her back. when he had arrived at Otano, some of the elders had called in worried for him and he had assured them that they didn’t have to worry, they even requested to meet the woman he intended to marry and he told them he needed time for that, he didn’t want to tell them what was going on and he made sure no one outside the palace know what was going on within the palace. He didn’t want the people to panic. His meeting was done and now he had to return to Briscout, he hoped when he got back, he would be back with Sophie. His phone buzzed in his pocket on the way to the airport, it was Patrick calling and he immediately took the call, hoping that it was good news.

“Patrick, what’s going on?”

He asked.

“Your majesty, I have some news but she has still not been found, we know now that she was adopted,”

Patrick revealed. Lance’s heart skipped a beat at his word.

“What? As in kidnapped? Who and why?”

“The one who didn’t give a name, but he called with the number I told you I gave Sophie when left, he said they got her,”Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

He explained. Lance curled his hand into a fist, who would dare to take his woman, was that the reason they haven’t been able to locate her, all this while she was locked up somewhere by some crazy fucker?

“From what I have been able to gather, he is part of a gang, and they must have picked her up once she arrived,”

Patrick explained.

“What kind of gang and why would they have my woman?”

Lance let out. he couldn’t believe the reason he hadn’t been able to find Sophie was because some loser kidnapped her. he hoped they didn’t hurt her in any way because he would put an end to all of them.

“We don’t know much of what happened between them yet, he called me a few hours ago, I was with the police chief so I had the phone on speaker, he didn’t go into details but he said she owes them a huge sum of money and that if we want her back, we have to pay back every penny,”

He explained. Lance paused for a moment and looked at his phone before putting it back on his ear in confusion, what debt? Sophie would never be indebted to anyone, what would she have collected from him when she literally just recently left Otano?

“Debt? I thought you would say ransom, what debt does she owe them? How would she owe him and them when she just left Otano?”

Lance asked the question that was burning in his head. If he said Sophie owed him money then he was lying because it had been just one week since she left Otano, one week that felt like forever.

“I don’t know, I asked but he didn’t explain we are trying to track him down as the phone he used to call is trackable but it will take some time.

He explained. Lance didn’t like the ‘it would take some time’ part, and this is why he wanted to be the one to find her himself, the so-called professionals he let do the job were taking so much time and he didn’t have that time, he wanted Sophie back safe in Otano as soon as possible, he didn’t care if he had to pay the debt.

“If it is money that they want then I am willing to pay, I just want my Sophie back, Patrick, that’s all I want,”

Lance told him.

“I understand I told him we are willing to pay, no matter the price and he said he would call back to let me know the details we are paying, I am still waiting for that, I just thought to let you know first.”

Patrick explained.

“Did you at least get to speak with Sophie? If they have her for real, we don’t want to be scammed,”

Lance said what had entered his mind; he didn’t want to be scammed just because he was desperate to find her.

“Yes, I asked him, and he said something about not being where she at, don’t worry, Lancelot, I already told him we won’t give him money unless we are sure they really have her, in the main time, the police are working hard to track him, even the people the princess had spoken to,”

Patrick explained; they were all working but Lance wasn’t satisfied.

“I just want this to be over, I just want my family back, nothing more,”

Lance lamented, it had been over a week, nine days since he last saw his Sophie and each day felt so long, he couldn’t keep doing it, he was slowly losing his mind, even the meeting he had earlier didn’t go as well as he would have wanted because he couldn’t even concentrate properly and had to end the meeting before time.

“I know,”

Patrick said. he sounded like he has been sounding recently, guilty.

“I am on my way to the airport, I hope when I land there, we will have some good news, see you when I arrive,”

Lance told Patrick and hung up, it was a ten-hour flight, long enough for them to find that man and his gang; hopefully.