Seeing his own crest blazoned on his guard unit, horses and their equipment, still took getting used to. This was his first foray out into the Realm as the Fourth. He knew it would cause both fear and a sense of hope for the people. While they had known a fourth child had been born to the King for a long time, now they would know there was a Fourth Child. Even if they didn’t realise it was all based on a lie. It had been impressed on him by Elizabeth that as the Fourth Child he gave the people hope that they were safe; he and his Companions would inspire a sense of safety and security. They would trust, even if the worst happened, that he and his friends would stand guard between them and the monsters in their midst.
As they rode through the town, he was aware of the citizens’ responses t
