CHAPTER TEN
Genevieve continued heading south, in the direction of the capital and the king’s court. She knew where Altfor would be heading, and that would also be the place where her child would be able to grow up safely. The court moved regularly, as all kings’ courts did, but she was determined that she would find it, and everything that went with it.
“It’s not so far now,” Genevieve told herself. After all the time she’d spent walking, she had to be close by now. Even so, there was no sign of the capital in the distance.
There was an inn, sitting behind a small section of walls at a crossroads, with several buildings clustered within so that it was more like a small settlement than an inn. Just the sight of it was enough to remind Genevieve of how exhausted she was. She had little c
