Chapter 70: Lance.

I turn and lock my gaze with Rayne, she blushes but does not shy away from me, instead she steps closer, embracing the role I am indirectly asking her to take on beside me.

The crowd erupt into more cheers, and I smile knowing that I have their support and I hope this remains the case.

We step down from the podium and take our places behind the final carriage as they prepare to conduct the procession that will take my family through the breadth of the city until they are finally laid to rest.

It is customary that remaining family members, allies, friends, and staff follow behind on foot, so that is what we are doing. Lilli and Drake are directly behind myself and Rayne, the staff are behind them.

Not a word is spoken as our slow walk begins, the carts pass through the gates and the people line the streets in much the same fashion as when Dracovia held the funerals for both Lilli and her mother. I stare forward trying my hardest to keep my composure, but it is difficult as I can se