` ♛ ⸻ “Melina!” His tone guttural that it might as well burrow into the ground to split search as he scans the hills and the horizon behind the castle. Spinning about like a confused mutt chasing its tail as he tries to not let the panic sink in. The need to call for the guards at the tip of his tongue, but he trusts himself more in finding her and he continues his investigation, sniffing along the grass until he’s able to pick up a scent.
When he calls for the girl again he keeps in mind to keep his voice soft, aware that he had a tendency to intimidate even a ladybug on a swaying blade of grass. Marika had warned him about the curiosity of children and their eagerness to explore beyond the borders this he already knows and yet, he’s lost a child.
“Melina come now, it’s near sunset and almost dinner. Aren’t thou hungry?” Maliketh speaks to the breeze, sniffing along the edge of a few boulders.
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