Chapter 253. The Transports

DOVE

Preparing our exile seemed like a misfortune.

For me, it was the best thing that could happen to us. By being betrayed by Celia and brushing death, a massacre was prevented and now we had all that new army. They were people loyal to Jacob’s claim, because they had seen what Larry had done to protect Cethium.

I started to feel a general malaise when we were getting ready to leave and I was forced to go in one of the carriages. However, it was the safest option for my children. I gave the order that the carriages were for the women with children and the elderly, so that they could travel more comfortably. The people of the kingdom of Cadde had taken refuge in their homes, not wanting to see the outcome of any war and that was the most understandable thing. The government would be left in the hands of one of the soldiers, who would hold a vote to choose a new ruler, so that the citizens could choose.

I supposed that the discomfort I was suffering was due to