Chương 56: Temperate Penumbras - Part 9

The general ended up falling asleep on the chair near the hearth, awakening to the prince’s absence, his nightgown discarded on the back of a chair and the heavy blinds thrown open to allow in the pale, morning sunlight. He wasn’t sure where Heiko had gone off to, but it wasn’t until now, with the sun high in the sky, that he had returned.

Cele remained in the chambers diligently, posted at the stone balcony, watching for the royal guard and, more importantly, the king. He’d have to ride out soon - it would be grossly ill-advised for a king to be gone from his capital during this dicey political climate. Even if King Ingo was a ‘slimy disgrace’ as Prince Heiko would have Cele believe, he was not ignorant. He was the son of King Gotthard, and even if Ingo only acquired one third of the political prowess his father possessed, he would be a force to be reckoned with.