Chapter 28

I sit back down and start chewing on some tough meat, daydreaming about tomorrow and finally being able to sleep in a real bed. I wonder if I will even be able to sleep on the bed. I remember hearing soldiers back home say that they have trouble sleeping on beds after returning home from war. Adam startles me out of my thoughts when he suddenly gives me a hug. I jump and nearly fall backwards.

"Oh, sorry! I didn't mean to scare you. It's just that I am grateful Joseph has finally found someone to be with. He has spent his whole life training with his father and I don't think that he ever thought about getting married.” Adam is rambling, which tells me of his nervousness.

“There are a lot of jealous noble women out there now. They never knew that he was the Prince and woul