“Then I’ll walk. Actually, I’m the Crown. You can walk.” “You’ve taken to authority quickly for someone who swears she doesn’t want it.” I shot him my nastiest scowl and caught the corner of his mouth twitch upward. Was that—was he—smirking at me? “You couldn’t have brought two horses?” “I didn’t expect to need more than one.” “Because you didn’t think I would come with you, or because you planned to kill me first?” He walked past me without responding.

