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Chapter 15 - Into The Unknown
Erriene looked at his surroundings.
The path now was clear, a vast valley full of healthy grass, the high mountains in the distance and occasional lake that they had to make their way around.
While the party of the soldiers strolled behind, he decided to keep his own pace for a while. The cold wind made him shiver again and he shrank, burying his chin in the fur coat one of the maids gave him before the travel. It smelled like Alarick.
Alarick would be already in Maud right now. Mixed with Gythaean soldiers, Maudians kept a close watch on Erriene and the royal family that was coming along to attend the wedding.
When his father accepted Alarick's large offer to keep his sword down and give him permission to take Erriene's hand, the man must have suddenly grew an eye on Alarick's power.
He remembered a story back when he was still in Gytha. During King Randal’s reign, he had been said to also give a huge offering- double to what w
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