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Darren: Chapter 1.
"They sure are scary looking," Aspen muttered to me. He nudged me against the shoulder and pointed at the head of the knights. "Do you think he ever smiles?"
"His name is Kuz. And no, he never smiles," I whispered back, glaring at the man in steel. He really was one of Father's scariest knights and I wouldn't have minded not having him here. Even as a child, he scared me.
"Are you certain we can't carry you, my prince?"
I shrugged Lance's hand away and shook my head. I'd been walking on my own legs for the past years, I didn't need any assistance. Not from them, anyway. "No thank you."
"We'll gladly carry you, my prince," he tried again, waving at the four men in the back lugging a king carrier. I glanced at Danny and declined again. No way would I let myself be
