~Karl~
I entered my room and went straight to the mirror stand. It wasn't there. I looked at the changing chamber, hoping I had somehow left it there. But nothing. I tried to remember exactly where I placed it yesterday. My mind was tired and filled with so much that I couldn't think straight. Maybe I forgot. Maybe I missed it. I opened the drawer and saw the other rings but not the one I needed. The one that mattered most. Did I misplace it?
No. That couldn't be. I was not careless. And that ring was too important to be forgotten. There was no way I could be careless with it. It had to be somewhere in the room. It had to be. I walked back to my bedroom and found Lord Rowland standing, waiting quietly.
"Have you seen it, your highness?" he asked. I shook my head slowly.
"But you could not have left it carelessly. I know you wouldn't have," he said.
