Jessamine
“I’ll talk to father again,” I say, sprinting alongside Darrock. “I can fend for myself, you know. You worry for nothing.”
“I trust you, but not Kier. He has proven often times that not that he is unable to keep his hands to himself. Plus, it’s dangerous, sending you out alone outside the borders. It was different when I brought you in,” Darrock pants, swiping at the sweat on his neck. “Now that everyone knows you’re heir, our enemies might be looking to ambush you.”
“What enemies?” I ask, leaping over a fallen tree as we race each other back to the castle. “Who would dare try to take me and risk a war with my father? No one’s that stupid. Dawn is bigger that Neredia and Hamon’s forces put together. Whichever path we choose automatically becomes the winning party. Atticus woul
