We arrive on the training fields, and the soldiers stop and look at me in awe as usual. Commander James and General Zander approach us, smiling, and pleased to see King Fenris and I on Nimble. We stop, King Fenris hops down, and then helps me down off Nimble, and ties his reign to a wooden post in the ground, where he has a drink of water at a trough.
We go into a large communal tent where a large table is stationed in the middle. On the table is a map of the two kingdoms, and my home, the forest, in the centre.
I walk over to the table and run my fingers over the picture of the forest.
‘I didn’t know the kingdoms were this big,’ I say, and King Fenris walks over to me.
‘When the war is over, all of this will be one kingdom,’ he says, neutrally.
‘I'm sorry, King Fenris, bu
