The next morning, Felita and Thorin headed out to see more of his kingdom. He flew her across the farms and ranches. She loved the little cottages surrounded by wide-open land filled with livestock. They stopped in the market center and enjoyed visiting vendors' stalls and shops. He was happy that she let him buy her little gifts at each one to be delivered to the castle.
People stopped and talked to them as they walked the streets, reminding her so much of her pack. She loved that he was available to his people and seemed to know many of them. Children ran around laughing and playing. One small girl stopped them as they entered an apothecary.
She was about five years old, with curly red hair and bright blue eyes. A few children slightly older than her stood a few feet away, watching ex
