I held my son and did not let him go even the small amount of sleep I managed to get he was on the bed with me. with how hysterical I was becuase of the attempt at kidnapping no one dared try to take my son. this was the oppurtunity I needed but that old friend guit was coming back to me. I was finally in a good place with Demetri and I was going to betray him but that is what I needed to do becuase someone was after my baby and that was not going to happen. I just needed to have Demetri leave my side for long enough to get in a carrige with Faith. 

the oppurtunity came at an emergency council meeting to discuss the attempts on my life and the attempts on my son. that is when got my ladies in waiting and Nema in my room. 

"Nema my dear I need you to leave me and be seen helping someone eles in the castle and I can't tell you why." I said 

"please my lady this is highly inapropriate I have been ordered to stay with you" Nema said her voice wavered since she could sense that I was up to no good. 

"leave us and find something useful to do please" I pressed my forehead to hers. I wanted her safe and out of the way for what come next. she fled from the room and did not look back. "Faith pack a bag we are going to Ziv's home for your visit I and chaperoning you" 

"are they taking the child from you so soon sister" faith asked on her way to the door with Lira to assist her. 

"don't be foolish" hellena exclaimed "she is running with the boy" 

"yes and I want you all to come to the manor when I send you a letter of our safe arrival and use whatever means neccisary to misdirect the crown from catching us" 

"I'll help you pack and get you a carrige" Hellena offered "and no one will know where you are from our lips" 

"thank you" I said then we launched into a flurry of motion packing for me and the babe. Hellena procured an empty carrige and signaled me when I should magically move all the materials into the back. we were ready in moments. I placed a sound stop spell on myself and the boy then made my way to the carrige. Faith meet me at the bottom of the stairs with one of the drivers that delivered my ladies in waiting meaning he was a witch. 

"I am ready lady Estella" he said in greeting then helped me into the carrige after Faith. Hellena had made herself scarce and we were soon on the road with Faith leaning forward to help guide our man. 

"what will happen when they find us missing" Faith asked 

"write to Ziv inform him that we are coming for a chaperoned visit" at the next town we will send it with a fast messenger. when they start looking for us we will already be there and Ziv will write that we are safe at his estate. I will deal with the reprocussions." I answered Faith got to writing imediatly and I held tight to my son. 

"do you think he will be safe on the road or at Ziv's estate?" faith asked 

"I am certain that the person who is targeting us is from that castle so we should be safe until the word is out where we are." I comforted my boy since I left the silence spell on him we can not hear him cry I didn't want to draw attention due to his crying. 

"are you sure" she asked glancing out the carraige 

"what a question to ask at this point" I let out a breath nothing would shake me on this even my sisters doubt "if I was not certain I would not have left. we need to trust each other and settle in or this will be a very long trip" 

"I'm sorry sister I am just scared of what may happen to us now that we have kiddnapped the heir to the throne" 

"we have not kiddnapped the heir to the throne I am getting my son out of danger and that whole castle is ridiculous to insist on this forced emotional distance. I am not refering to my son as 'the heir' all of the time and I will be as emotionally attached to him as every other mother is allowed to be" 

"I love you sister and I trust you"