CHAPTER SIXTY SIX
“You put up a note at the ruins of Akas’s tavern. So thoughtful of you, “I said as we trudged my way up the bushy road. I was growing out of breathe, having never been used to walking such long distances or hilly roads. Shrubs covered the road on both sides and as much as I loved nature, with the sun growing hot and my legs aching, I was drained. It was impossible to imagine how Mary had to walk through this road every day and still work all day. Ever since I had the other handmaids transferred to the other parts of the palace, Mary had been doing all the work for me.
“I was awake early this morning, way before there was even the possibility of the sun rising and so, instead of going back to sleep, I thought the people deserved to know that they had the queen beside
