Bab 125: Not to play with fire

Two helicopters were waiting for them at the clearing on the other side of the palace. One could accommodate at most six passengers while the other one was smaller with a capacity of only four passengers, not including the pilots. 

The duke and the duchess, together with Dani's parents, already went ahead of them. They rode the other one that left a few minutes ago. 

The remaining two would take the remaining guests to their picnic destination somewhere on an isolated island owned by the Royal Empire.

"Wait!" She halted on her steps when she saw something that she was not expecting.

"Is there a problem?" Lance asked, slightly alarmed as he also stopped walking. 

He looked at where her eyes were gazing and wondered what she was thinking. He was worried that it had something to do with Marcus, who was walking ahead of them.