"Your Majesty. It is preposterous to expect my family to ride out to the border," Otto said, fully against his family taking part in the war.
What would his sons who had been so focused on reading and trying to join the court know about using a sword? They weren't meant for that kind of life so should he send them out, they would die. He couldn't have his sons die now when they had not given him grandchildren. More boys to carry on the family name.
Annalise looked right ahead at Mark who didn't appear the slightest bit bothered by Tobias's news. It made her wonder if he was confident in his swordsmanship that he could survive being sent to the border or unlike the other men in the room, there was no one beside himself to be sent off to the border.
