Queen Arianna found herself walking down the same corridor in the jail of Corona. She received a letter today and it was for Varian. She smiled at the boy when she arrived at his cell. "I've got another letter for you here, Varian." she said as she put it on the floor of his cell.

He looked at the letter then at her and replied, "I didn't know the queen had a part-time job as my mailman. Is this going to be a usual thing from now on, your majesty?"

"I don't know, Varian. I don't know." she answered.

The queen of Corona left as she did last time, but there was something different, she had a smile on her face. Arianna thought that Varian seemed to have slept more, she would have to see how Cassandra's letters would affect him in the future. Finally something interesting to watch, she thought.

Varian stared at the letter for a while then sighed. He looked at Rudiger and his raccoon nudged him. Varian got up from sitting on his cot and walked towards the letter and picked it up. "Well, I don't have anything better to do. Might as well read it. You gotta admire their commitment to tricking me, though." Varian breathed.

He opened the envelope to see Cassandra's familiar, neat handwriting.

Dear Varian,

Well, a lot of interesting things happened in the past month I haven't written. But first, happy birthday! I know this probably won't get to you in time but here it is anyway. We're closer to finding where the rocks are pointing. We met some people along the way evacuating from a village further north. They wouldn't tell us why, just to stay away from there. Of course, Raps being Raps, she insisted we find out. We haven't gotten there yet but we were already attacked by some masked men. We all got out alive, though Eugene's arm got a wound from their sword. Oh, that reminds me, he says hello. Also, you can write to me if you want, I guess. I learned from one of the Queen's letters to Rapunzel you weren't sleeping enough, why? I'm not gonna tell you to because that'd be nosy of me, I'm just curious. Well, I hope your birthday wasn't too horrible, goodbye for now.
                                                                
Sincerely,
Cassie
A/N
Hi guys! I know this is early but I had free time so here it is! Sorry if it's short. Thanks for reading I really appreciate it! Just a suggestion, listen to the song I know those eyes/This man is dead. I think it really relates to Cassandra and Varian. Here's a link to the animatic, by the way the video is also in the prologue. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dFsMPRj7C8o