Chapter 14
Rissa was glad to be out of the swamp and back in the forests of Aldorwood. Their crossing had been much calmer the second time and upon reaching Whitecap, they’d secured another horse for Briggs and gotten out of town as quickly as possible. Everyone had been anxious to get on the road after two days aboard another boat.
It had been three days since leaving the civilization of Whitecap behind and they’d ridden hard and rested little.
Rissa curled her fingers in, crushing the dead leaf in her grasp. It flaked apart and she let the pieces lift in the breeze. Even in their sad state, the trees calmed her.
She’d shed many of her clothes as the sun beat down on them from above. Anyone who saw her now would not see their princess in pretty dresses. They’d see a tired young woman
