Fifteen
Unexpected Visitors
Autumn 960 MC
Anna stood, looking out the window at the courtyard below. It was a beehive of activity as servants exited the house, each bringing more goods to store on the wagons.
"I remember when it took very little for us to go on a trip," she commented.
Gerald was leaning from a chair, rubbing the belly of Tempus. He stopped as the princess spoke and Tempus, who was lying on his back, knocked his arm with his paw, begging for more attention.
"You didn't have such a large entourage back then," he said. "It was just you, me and Tempus, here."
She turned, smiling at her dog, "I miss those days. We were more carefree back then when we didn't have to worry about dealing with a traitor."
"True," he agreed, "but we can't change what's happened. You're a pro
