Chapter Twenty-Five
‘Princess, time to wake up.’ I feel someone gently pushing their foot in my side, and I groan while I open one of my eyes. I see Raphael tower over me, with a playful smile on his face. The memory of holding Jonathan all night comes back to me, and I push myself up from the hard, cold floor. ‘I’m up’, I defend myself, while I rub my eyes. I look around, and see Jonathan standing with the horses. He’s carefully brushing them, and does not even look at me. ‘Nervous for today?’ Raphael says. I nod in agreement. ‘Very’, I say. ‘I can not understand why the King is already sending me to do this. He has too much trust and faith in me. How am I going to be able to change the mindset of two strangers? Just because of Lilly? What should I do. Just walk up to the tavern with Lilly?’ Raphael
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