The Jewel Of Humanity

She didn't speak. She was frightened, and a little shocked at how off she felt. What were his plans with her? Was he on her side?
"I'm Marlon. Welcome to Moenia, my home." He walked over to her and stopped when he was looming over her.
She noticed then that he was tall, and then she saw his eyes. They were the most beautiful shade of gold she had ever seen. He was a beautiful man to her, if there was such a thing. The stubble and tiny thin white scars peppered the beauty of his strong jaw and chiseled features and made him seem hardened and cold. That mix intrigued and scared her.
He sat down on the bed beside her.
"Moenia?” She played with the name. “I've never heard of this place."
"Of course not. It’s fortified and enchanted. To the normal onlooker it looks like a desert wasteland on the outskirts of Zuff, but to you and I, it's our refuge. You’re safe here."
She felt herself relax slightly at those words.
"How did I get here?" She asked, unconsciously rubbing the fur nervously.
"I brought you here. It wasn't safe for you there any longer."
"Why not?" She asked slowly.
Not safe in Zuff? Her own Kingdom? Her home? What was going on? She had to get back there and find her mother and to make sure she was safe. She started to remove the furs once more when he stilled her movements.
"Princess, please I cannot allow you to leave."
"But, I must. You must take me back. I have to find my mother. I have to find her… to talk to her. Why am I not safe?" She felt the panic slowly rising up inside of her.
"Because Princess, your mother, Queen Bihadlly has been murdered." He answered gently.
She felt all the air leave her body, as if someone had punched her in the center of her chest. She felt numb.
"No....no... I...can't....It can't be! Who...who would do this? Who would do such a thing?"
"Princess, you did..."