What?! Both Grant and Lorenzo looked at Nadeline, clearly shocked at the news. Grant in particular remembered Wesley telling him about his brother, how he had died. How was he alive? No, it couldn't be true, it was clearly a lie. And yet, the look of shock on Nadeline's face all but confirmed that Zodiark spoke only the truth. So that was why Wesley wasn't here. He had thought that perhaps they had split up to search for them, that maybe he was still in the city. He never imagined that such a thing had happened, moreso that it had shaken Nadeline so much, she looked like she was about to cry.

"[color=coral]I...I had heard the rumors. I needed to see if they were true in my king's place,[/color]" She stated, though her voice clearly wavered. "[color=coral]I didn't want...I didn't mean for it to turn out like that. It was a trap, I didn't want Wesley to get hurt![/color]"