The carriage bumps hurt, every rock, every crevice. Travelling was not advised but if he didn't flee than certainly he would be killed by his brother. At least that's what Larys had told him. The journey is hard and long. And it's only when it comes to a stop, a loud commotion outside, that he realizes that he may meet his end regardless.

When he wakes up he is in a bed, there is a small hearth burning and he wonders if he is dead for a moment. Then his pain returns and he knows this is real life. There is the sound of a door shutting and then a woman is in front of him at his bedside and for a moment he wonders again if he is dead because this woman must be an angel.

"W-What happened?" He rasps out. "Where am I?"