Chapter 21 Punishment

• Meridian Water
• The sound of hooves echoed along the road as the carriage rocked us from side to side. We’d left the castle for an urgent audience in a nearby village that rebels had attacked earlier that morning. I was on high alert, eyeing every twist and turn. The Prince wore a closed-off expression, but I could feel his eyes studying me every second.
• “If you want, we can stop to rest, Your Majesty,” I said, something telling me it was time for a quick break.