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flopped backwards onto my bed. Keeping secrets and running a double life was difficult. I had to make sure that I was careful around Griffin and with Faxon during his tutoring. I hoped Faxon wouldn’t be able to See my secrets or something like that. I couldn’t bear the thought of Griffin attacking my Father.
    I took my boots off and pulled a blanket up over myself as I stared out the window that faced the sea. What was dad doing? I wondered if he even looked the same. I bet he wouldn’t even recognize me. Okay, he would since I looked just like my mother and aunt, the only reason she hadn’t doubted for a moment who I was when I first came here.
    Someone knocked on my door. “Enter,” I said without moving.
    My bed dipped as someone sat on the edge of it. “How are you feeling?” Esmeralda asked.
    I sighed and felt my body shaking and tears falling down my eyes. “I miss my dad,” I admitted to her.
    She moved up next to me and pulled my head into her lap so she could stroke my hair. “I know. It’s been a long time since you have seen him and I’m sure he misses you as well. I wish we knew where he was so that we could take you to visit him.”
    “I don’t mean to make you think that I’m not happy here,” I told her as I tried to pull myself back together.
    “Shh,” she said, “I know what you mean. When your mother and I were young our father went off to fight a war in a far away kingdom. We didn’t see him for years and even though we had each other it was still tough.”
    I lay with my head in her lap in silence for a little bit and then wiped my eyes and sat up. “Okay, enough moping,” I said.
    She smiled and asked, “Do you want to go on a trip?”
    “A trip without the purpose of ending or starting a battle?” I asked. We’d never gone on a trip that didn’t involve battles before.
    “Yes. We are going to visit Markleville,” she told me.
    “Markleville is that city on the far side of the Kingdom that’s right on the ocean with the busy port, isn’t it?” I asked her. “The busiest port in our Kingdom?”
    She nodded her head. “We’re going to stay there for a few months.”
    “Months?!” I asked in shock.
    “Yes. So, pack your bag so that you will be ready tomorrow to set out. It’s a two day ride.”
    “Why the sudden need to go there?” I asked her suspiciously.
    “We’ve been planning the trip for a while and were going to tell you at breakfast, but you left before we could,” she said, “We used to do this every year, but we haven’t gone since the year before you arrived. We decided it’s time to go again.”
    “What about school?” I asked.
    “Jared will be training you for fighting, Faxon will train you for magic, and Griffin will be teaching you about politics.”
    “They’re all coming with us?” I asked suddenly nervous.
    “Of course, the Order of Elders always goes together on this trip. Oh and your friend Natalie just rode up,” she said as she stood to leave.
    I put my boots back on and hurried outside to meet her. Natalie was the daughter of one of the farmers whose fields I passed by on my trips to the docks and we had formed a friendship soon after I arrived. Natalie was already off of her horse and when I walked out of the doors she hugged me. “Tilia!” she said excitedly. Natalie was the same height as me, but extremely tanned from all of her time in the sun in the fields. Her hair was brown with blonde streaks from the sun exposure as well.
    “Natalie! What are you doing here today?” I asked as I returned her hug.
    “Dad let me have the day off from chores so I wanted to come see you,” she said with a bright smile. She was always so cheerful and happy.
    “Well you have great timing. Come on; let’s go to the arena so we can watch the trainees while we talk.” She loved watching people learning to fight, but refused to learn herself. I had tried to convince her several times and offered to teach her privately, but she still