Chapter 427. Assertiveness

LILY

“I want to get off now,” I said, insisting, no longer knowing how to make this henchman understand how he had to treat the future queen. “I order you to stop now!”

I couldn’t take the leg pain from riding a horse for so many hours any longer. I was thirsty, hungry, I wanted to pee and take a bath. All at once, in addition to my face being scratched by the branches of the trees we crashed into along the way.

The sky was clear, the sun was beginning to rise. We had been riding until it was day and it was time to stop, even for a few minutes.

I didn’t think he would listen to me, he made it very clear that he didn’t respect me.

The title of queen didn’t seem to matter here in the forest. Not to him, even though he was a soldier loyal to my future husband.

He stopped abruptly and I almost fell. I wobbled and he held me tightly.

“Just a few minutes and then we’ll keep going,” he said, in a stern voice, his voice was hoarse, as if he had been