Emberly knew this was a bad idea. Truth be told, she had not fully thought through this current plan of hers. She just knew that she needed to save her friend. She needed to save the future King of Etrusca. So, here she was, racing towards the east, ready to get her friend back.
She was not supposed to be doing this, of course. Sir Wylan had been very clear that he wanted only trained knights to go after the prince. That was the way that he had been talking about Will, too. As the prince, not as the human being Emberly knew him to be. It made her resentful that he spoke this way. It made her wonder if he would just leave Will to the mercy of the Cyrans if he was not the king’s son.
Emberly, like the other squires, were ordered to the remain in their rooms during this time. All tests had
