Dymetri moved so fast that he became a blur. Echo hadn't even blinked once before he was standing at the door, fully clothed, and an unfathomable expression on his face.
"Danalia. Leave. Now. Before I have you banished from here for as long as you may live." His threat was formal sounding but it made it that much more official.
Danalia's violently angry face peered over Dymetri's shoulder back at Echo, but she wasn't there anymore. There was a muffled thump from below Echo's window and Dymetri wheeled towards it.
"No. She didnt jump aga..." He rushed over tot he window and looked down, barely regestering the unmoving cat sitting on the sill. His face filmed over with greif and worry before he heard a quiet purring in the silence. He looked back at the cat, black with white paws. Inwardly, Dymetri sighed but he turned his expression into a scowl as he wheeled on Danalia, a story forming in his head.
"Look what you did. She's gone. AGAIN!" His voice came out strangled as he gestured with his hand towards the window.
Danalia's expression turned cold. "You shouldn't have done this. You'll lose your crown, boy."
"Don't worry about me princess." He spat the word. "Atleast I'm not a whore trying to satisfy a never ending need for power. Or to impress Daddy."
Her face went red, confirming everything he said. His tone was icy with his next words. "Now she wont ever come back. She wasn't going to in the first place until I ran into her in the forest. She was gone for a week. And now she's gone forever." He made his voice break on the last word, using the slightly raw pain that remained from the sudden panick that he had fealt when he thought Echo had jumped.
The guard showed up at that point, looking back and forth between the Prince and Princess' cold expressions. "Can I do anything for you my lady?" He asked in forced politness.
"Yes. These sheets need to be taken care of and washed thoroughly. The peasent who had borrowed this room is gone now. Quickly now." She snapped.
The guard spun quickly and went to retreive a chaimbermaid. Before anyone else in the castle came barging in through the door, Dymetri walked swiftly over to the no longer purring cat and picked her up. Danalia eyed him carefully as Dymetri did this.
Her voice was curious now. "What is that cat doing in this room?"
The elf's voice was icy again. "It was a present for Echo." Echo, in cat form, crawled carefully up onto Dyemtri's shoulder and lept lightly off to hit the floor with a small thump. She darted over to the bedside table to grab something with her mouth.
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