Hendrick had just finished touring Alina around the castle after the dinner with her family when Francis arrived with an urgent message. He looked like he had rushed to find them and he had a serious look on his face.
Francis said that he had something important he needed to inform Hendrick and Zafir so they followed him and left Stella and Alina to the other knights.
"My father received reports that there had been major movements among the knights of Valencia," Francis began. He relayed that the Knight Commander received consecutive urgent reports from their scouts that a lot of Valencia's troops from various territories in the kingdom were marching in the direction of the boarders with Valyenor.
The scouts emphasized that it couldn't be a mere show of power if they were sending a great portion of their troops and they were loaded with complete weaponry. They were likely marching to attack Valyenor.
