96 He Had A Lover

The journey to Ritan was long and hard. To limit the possibility of being attacked by bandits, they had to travel with as fewbreaks as they could manage. The terrain consisted of lengthy forests with wild animals, never-ending woodland and occasional springs.

They only took two breaks a day: one in the afternoon for lunch and another at nightfall. There were just three maidservants who accompanied the Princess to ensure she was comfortable, but there was only so much they could do to aid Lina on this dangerous and turbulent voyage.

"Let me off here," Lina said.

The carriage ride was shaky and there were many bumps in the rocky path. It had gotten so bad that Lina had opted to sit on her horse the entire journey. Her maidservants had heavily protested, but were too exhausted to argue, thus remained in the carriage.