Princess Rain. The wife to the first prince of Eragon."
The silence that followed was daunting and afterwards, came a barrel of laughs that tightened Rain's cheeks to a frown.
"If you're the wife to the first prince of Eragon, then we are probably the second, third and fourth grand princes."
The guards remarked sarcastically.
One warned her sternly, "Leave, otherwise you will have to face persecution." Although the lady's features were comely, her disarrayed appearance proved to be one not in her right senses. They might have never seen the prince's newlywed wife, but surely they would never mistake her for a mentally deranged.
He shook his head pitifully and gestured for the other guards to lead her out the gateway.
