*A MONTH LATER*
"Where are we going?"
Meredith asked Kate as she tugged her along quickly through previously unexplored corridors of the castle.
Tomorrow was the day that she was going to do the public ritual to remove her spell.
Ever since they came back from the trip she hadn't seen Marcus anywhere. When she asked they said he had gone to sort some royal business whatever that meant.
Atlas had taken the role of her bodyguard and they spent literally every second together. But every night, Meredith would wake up in an empty bed.
She knew he was hiding something from her. The late night sneaking and him coming back with bruises on his face and body.
Maybe he was training in order to be strong enough to protect her. She trusted him so if he didn't want to share whatever he was doing with her she was okay with it.
Kate brought her back from her stupor as she replied,
"We are going to get you a dress.
"Down here?" Meredith asked in confusion.
"Yep"
