Chapter 39
"You can mingle with others another time, Gina. Right now, I am here to have some fun with my grandmother but it seems we also have to be on the lookout for Killian Bune. Cyrus, please scout the area and report anything you find out of place. You might wish to prove yourself worthy if you ever see Killian but I order you to return to my side if you run into him than fight," Amelia said.
She could tell after their run-in with Killian, that Cyrus was upset he was not able to fight and protect her. It was understandable he would want to show he was capable of protecting her considering the fact she picked him over many Blackwell guards. However, they needed to play smart rather than focus on restoring honor.
Amelia messed up by storming into the throne room to confront her father only to be sent away as live bait. Rather than arguing with her father when there was no one to back her and shield her from his punishments, what happened with Killian was an eye-opener for her to control her emotions and do things smartly.
"Why do you think Killian would come to the queen’s home?" Cyrus didn’t think the king would hold the old woman captive to get at her son. He had Amelia within his reach and sent her away so his plan wasn’t to use another Blackwell to mess with the king.
"My grandmother told me she once spoke with Killian without my father’s knowledge. If there is a person the king of the north might use as a middleman to relay his words to my father, that person would be my grandmother. I don’t think the king of the north cares about war," said Amelia.
If he did, he could have marched more of his men unto their land. Killian was traveling in a small group most likely to avoid loss on his side as he just wanted her father’s head for the people he killed.
"I agree he might just be after your father. If he kills your father, he can either place one of his relatives on the Blackwell throne or he will put a Blackwell he trusts on the throne. One that will listen to him if they do not want to die. I will scout the land until you are ready to depart," Cyrus bowed then walked away from Amelia and Gina.
"If Killian kills your father and places one of his relatives on the throne, it won’t end well for the people of the Blackwell kingdom. I hope he only came here to take your father’s head back to the north," Gina feared the future state of the two kingdoms.