outside of the Blue King's office. Her exhaustion finally sets in and she collapses against the wall, clutching something tightly in her hand. She needed to get it to the Blue King.

walked out of the office with a look of stress on his face. He hadn't been able to think properly because of all his responsibilities. He almost walked into the other, and a

concerned overtook him. "What's wrong?"

pushes herself up when he walks over, holding the necklace even tighter. "Sir, the Red King asked me to give this to you."

"Give me what?" he asked, furrowing his brow as he glanced at the officers clenched hand.

sighs quietly. "I'm sorry... I couldn't let him put our clan in danger." She holds the necklace out to him, a little worried about how he would react.

stared at the necklace for a long while, not understanding what it was exactly, but then it struck him-- the Nordic cross. The necklace that he'd given Søren all that time ago, the necklace that the Dane had

vowed never to take off as long as he lived. But then, that meantLudwig's eyes widened as he took a step back. "n" the sound got stuck in his throat, his eyes already rimming with tears at the thought that

it was even possible. "no--" he said again, swallowing the lump in his throat as well as he could. "No. It can't be..."

frowns and looks away from him, finding it difficult to watch him. "I'm sorry..."

reached his hand out tentatively, totally ignoring the officer as his fingers closed around the all too familiar cross. He took the necklace and gripped it tight, suddenly coming back to the world and

straightening himself and bringing his facial expression to a neutral look not wanting to show his emotions in front of the other. "Thank you, officer." He said as calmly as possible, though his voice was

betraying him slightly.

glances back at him and her features falter. "Sir..." She takes a deep breath and tries to compose herself. "I violated several rules and direct orders, I will turn myself in to the prison staff shortly." She-

hated seeing him like this and felt terrible about the whole thing even though she still stood by her actions.