“Are you going to meet the contact tonight?” A quiet feminine voice broke through the silence, two dark eyes peered at the woman who stood at the doors that lead to the outside garden to the castle. There was a pregnant pause between the two before the woman finally spoke up. “Yes.” Her velvety voice rang in the girl’s ears causing her to gasp and rush to the cloaked figure.<br/><br/><br/>“Aurora, don’t do it! He’s supposed to be dangerous!” The young girl’s arms wrapped around the eldest princess’ legs as she pleaded with her oldest sister. “I’ll be fine Esmeralda.” Aurora cooed as she gently ran her fingers through Esmeralda’s black locks, their eyes locked, ocean green eyes held no emotion while two dark brown eyes stared back filled with tears. “Hey, hey, aren’t you supposed to be in bed?” She questioned her sister, a smile cracking at her lips as she bent down to the child’s height.<br/><br/><br/>“I-I couldn’t sleep af-after I heard the news.” Tears began running down Esmeralda’s cheeks as she clutched Aurora to her tiny body. “Why you?” The youngest princess questioned with heart wrenching sorrow. “Listen Mera, I’m going to be fine. Now, if I don’t come back within thirty minutes.” Aurora pulled out a tiny dagger from the boot on her right foot and handed it to the suddenly quiet girl.<br/><br/><br/>“You come out and look for me, okay?” She wiped away the child’s tears with the pads of her thumbs, gently swiping the chubby cheeks until they were free of tears. “I’ll be back in no time Mera. Just wait here and remember our deal okay?" Aurora smiled as she stood back from her sister and moved back to the door facing the castle’s garden. “I’ll see you soon.” She waved before disappearing through the door and into the foggy garden.<br/><br/><br/>Once in the fog, you could barely see two feet in front of you, you’d surely be lost if you didn’t know your way around the castle gardens, but the princess was certain that her oncoming ‘companion’ would have no troubles finding their way through. The sound of a twig snapping startled her, slowly she turned towards the sound. “Hello? Are you already here?”