Katherine was woken by being gentle shaken.
"Katherine, wake up," the prince murmured in her ear. "We're stopping. "
"Hmm?" Katherine murmured, slowly opening her eyes. She blinked a few times, trying to adjust her eyes to the darkness. When they finally did, Katherine could make out the outline of a camp ground. She recognized it as one of the sites the troop had stopped at along the way to the castle.
"We're resting," the prince explained. "We are far enough away from the castle that we will not risk getting caught." Katherine nodded in understanding before carefully dismounting Thunder. She turned her head to both sides to relieve the tension in her neck from leaning in an odd position.
After a few moments of deliberating, the troop agreed it was too late to setup camp, especially s
