Now the king dealt wisely with his brother that Alonso never realized that his brother knew of his plans to murder him. King Alvalon behaved as usual but was extremely careful. He took time to select those whom he could trust in his kingdom as he got some updates from the commander, lieutenant and Phil about Alonso's next move to kill him.
Within the next few months, Kate conceived of a child, and the wrath of Alonso grew towards his brother that he had to kill him before the lad was brought forth into the world so he would have the opportunity to kill both Kate and the unborn baby.
Numerous ways were attempted but to no avail, and the pregnancy grew. Now he went to inquire of one of his trusted allies, an aged man full of wisdom who he meets in a cave from time to time by the name Zeb.
