Lucius had not been running for long when his mind became invaded, actually he was just on the outskirts of the town. Thoughts that were not his own echoed throughout his mind, a message from the King! Finally, after all that had happened upon that day, the king was finally regarding Octavia's disappearance and tasked him with finding her. But... he had to go alone and he was aware that Mozu had been following him in dog form.

He stopped to catch his breath and waited for Mozu to arrive, or at least get close enough to see him. He picked up a stick and began waving it around, baiting the girl to follow it.

[color=gold] "Who's a good girl? Mozu is a good girl! Now, go fetch the stick!" [/color] Lucius said in a higher pitched voice. He then threw the stick as hard as he could into a some trees nearby, he did not wait to see if she ran after it but instead ran in the opposite direction towards the border.

It looked like he would need a horse or some form of transport to get him their much quicker, at his current pace it would probably be over an hour and by then it would be to late. He quickly made his way into the town and after some quick talking, secured a lovely black horse from a sergeant. The drove that horse into high gear and was on his way.

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He arrived at the border in under the hour but the horse would go no further, if not for the exhaustion then for the darkness itself. He stroked the mane, turned it around and sent it back into the Kingdom of Light, someone would find. 

Lucius sighed, this would the second time he crossed the border within forty-eight hours. He took the plunge however, for if he did not try then the king would have his head. Oh the things you do for royalty.