Across Seas

"Captain." Both Amora and Caspian ran over to where Mary had been found lying on the floor on the deck below and she looked to be in a pretty bad way.

Henriette jogged after them though kept her distance, frowning deeply at the state of Mary.

"Take her to her room." Amora ordered and she stopped one of the men. "I want to know every bit about her condition understand?" At his nod, she let him go.

Henriette approached Caspian and grabbed a hold of his arm to turn him around the face her, smoothing his hair back and whispering, "She'll be okay, sweetie, just like you were."

"I know."

Henriette was silent then.

Caspian kissed her forehead.

She just pulled him into a hug.

He hugged her.

She rubbed his back soothingly.

"Come on, let's go down and see our prisoners."

"Okay,"

He headed downstairs with her to the cells and he looked at the leader who has tried to kill Amora.

She followed him quietly

"Hey get up!" Caspian told him, and both the man and the woman - who was in the cage next to him - looked at him.

Henriette stood close to Caspian's side, watching.

"What do you want boy?" The man asked.

"Thyus, don't be like that. It's Caspian our little boy." The woman whispered to him.

Henriette raised her eyebrow at that and just glanced to Caspian and then the woman and back again.

"Hello mother." Caspian told her.

Henriette smiled a bit at that.

"Oh Caspian." The woman went to the front of her cell, but as she went to touch her son, he moved away.

"Come on Cassie, she's your mum," She whispered with a frown, "What's up?"

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"Nothing, you can stay here if you want, I have chores to do." He kissed her gently, before he left them, heading back upstairs.

She frowned and watched him go quietly before asking Caspian's mother, "Why'd you abandon him? I don't get it… that's what you basically did."

"I didn't want Caspian brought up around all of this, but of course it was a bad idea leavin him with his half sister, she always was a bad influence, afterall she was brought up on a ship."