Chapter Three
CASS
Our carriages were waiting for us when we passed the treeline, with all the belongings we would need for the trip. Given that I hadn’t been given any information about how long the trip would be, I’d packed practically everything I owned, plus everything Lucy had altered for me before we left.
I grimaced with sympathy at the thought of the servants lugging all that heavy baggage over the mountains.
The men bowed low to Stavrok and me as we stepped up into the carriage.
Once inside, I realized we were on a true royal mission, one royal family visiting another. And I was part of that. My heart started to hammer. The anticipation gnawed at me. This was it: the trip I had been waiting for. The journey of a lifetime.
When I looked up, Stavrok was watching me again, a fr
