[Daren]

((Good post, silly.))

Truth of it all was he expected such a reaction from Cambria. He was rather shocked she didn't just order the guards to throw him in jail or to have his head on a pike as soon as possible. He couldn't blame her for not liking him, it was something he was use to by now. Even through all of her fussing and complaints about how a cursed man was leading the princess and that he was not to be trusted, he still never bothered to say a word. The only thought was that he wasn't leading the princess, she was leading herself. He was just making sure she got to where she wanted to go.

Not too long after Cambria started her rant did Emily put a stop to it. The girl even though she was still adjusting to everything around her and had been raised in a small village showed she had the potential to be the true ruler of these lands in a small shimmer as she spoke to Cambria. To admit Alton had worried the girl wasn't ready or wouldn't be by the time they got to their journeys end, but this proved him otherwise. She might not be ready at the moment, but she would be when the time came.

Even when Emily spoke he kept his words to himself, he couldn't afford to talk at the present time. He needed to reserve his strength to recover from using such a spell so carelessly. He knew better, but he couldn't wait and risk Emily's life. At the same time he couldn't let the girl know he had pushed himself when he should have been resting. Over the last few days he had been forced to use more magic than he had, it was slowly taking it toll but the more he used it the more damage it was going to do. If he didn't watch it then Emily was going to figure out he was in worse shape then what he was letting on.

After leaving the cemetery behind he let Emily go about whatever business she had at the castle. He said he was going to finish his business from earlier. Though really it was that he couldn't get near the castle, the curse made things complicated at times. Sure Emily might know who he was and that he had a curse, but she wasn't allowed to find out what type of curse it was... He just had to push himself long enough to let Emily finish her quest.

He waited for Emily just outside of the town, he knew she was going to get horses. He wasn't really expecting to get ones suited for the weather here, let alone fully equipped with supplies they would need. He probably should have expected some sort of gesture, seeing as Emily was the princess and if all went well soon to be ruler. Something bothered him though in his thoughts. Cambria spoke of Felix, he had a feeling that they had not seen the last of that man.

Once Emily seemed to show up with the horses he questioned her on where they were headed next. Last he knew this was the last town for a good while. There was nothing but harsher weather and mountain trails that were ahead of them. At the same time it meant they were drawing closer to the end of their travels as well. She needed to be trained and maybe the harsher weather would aid in such training. It would make finding life for her power to work with harder.