The fearless Archduke of Lanark kept getting chills in his bones as his daughter explained what had happened in the forest he dreaded so much.
Unable to walk beside her while keeping his impassive expression in place, she ended up one step behind him, following him through the long garden that separated the family's main estate from the knighthood annex that was adjacent to the training arena and the infirmary.
Her eyes lingered long on the white stones of the place where both her knight and her patient were recovering at. Not now. She kept reminding herself that she had depleted all of her father's tolerance quota for one day.
