Jayden stares at Sir Elijah in shock.
He has been expecting the formal missive officially declaring he will no longer be the future King’s Guard, but instead, he is currently being informed by the king’s man himself that he is now, at least for the moment, assigned to train and protect Princess Alys herself.
Sir Elijah said the transition is effective immediately and that said training will need to commence the very next day.
“Is this a joke? Because it’s not funny,” Jayden growls.
The current King’s Guard calmly sits back and regards him with those uncanny eyes of his that seem to miss nothing. “I assure you, no one’s laughing, but I do understand your trepidation. This new task is going to be the hardest test you will ever go through.”
“You are asking—no, ordering a starving wolf to
