Chapter 285: Lockwood (1)
It took a day’s ride for the carriage to reach Lockwood after the occasional stops for the horses the knights rode on to rest and a few breaks for anyone to relieve themselves. They went straight to the house Edgar would let his mother and father use when they came to Lockwood.
Instead of buying a home of their own in a town they spent little time in these days, they preferred to pay to stay in one of Edgar’s homes. They were always free to stay, but River would make sure to give Edgar money.
They arrived early in the morning the next day just in time for breakfast. After getting Beatrice’s bags down from the carriage, Rafael had breakfast with his mother while some of the knights left to gather supplies since there wasn’t enough food to feed all of them now and they would need food for their travels.
Rafael waited for all the knights to return with the supplies to start cooking their breakfast and then he headed out to the palace in his carriage. His mother was safe and the knights were having a moment to rest or eat so he would use this time to find out why Tobias called him to Lockwood. What was happening at the border for him to be called?
On the ride to the palace, Rafael could not stop thinking about Annalise. If she had safely made it out of town and was close to her family. He regretted not giving a guard to accompany her home so he wouldn’t be worrying now.
Like his mother, Rafael hoped Annalise would take his offer to come to Lockwood to stay with his mother. He would worry less if he knew she was near where one of his close friends could protect her.
After the carriage entered the palace gates and stopped at the bottom of the steps leading up to the palace doors, Rafael opened the carriage door and stepped outside. Before he moved to walk up the steps, he looked to his right where he heard another carriage coming and from the falcon on the flag to the front of the carriage, he knew that it was Edgar.
It was a well-needed reunion since it felt like a long time since he saw Edgar in person.
Rafael watched Edgar get out of the carriage and then held out his hand for someone inside to use to get out. It couldn’t be that Edgar was travelling with his mother so it had to be his wife. He was ready to see the person who worked magic to get Edgar to marry.