"I am just a damsel, does he have to sound so scary?' Ellen complained mentally. She shook her head and started riding her horse along with the other. She knew it will take some time to win the trust of the prince's men. It warmed her heart that there were also men in Avalo that did not wish her husband death.
Jeffrey ordered One to lead while he stayed with the princess. He heard what One had said to the princess so he wanted him to lead so that Ellen would feel more at ease. He did not scold him for saying such things to the princess because he knew it was necessary.
The prince was not someone to trust a person just because of their words. The crown prince preferred to have a stronghold over those he trusts like the Twenty. Any one of them that dared to betray him would end up dead in the most horrible way possible.
