The man glanced at her and then chuckled. “You have no idea the depths nor the horrors that lay beneath the waters you are rippling,” he said.

“There are no depths, nor are there horrors. All you have built is a network of facades. A facade that soon would be shattered,” Melissa replied.

“By you princess?” He asked her. “You are not even going to leave these woods alive,” he said.

“Even if I don't, my legacy remains,” she answered.

The man laughed again. He was awfully confident that it had given Melissa a lot of concern that she was trying to hide. She knew her team was feeling the...