Chapter 12

The horse race 3

They stood before me, eleven lords, with King Drox before me, they came to see the first lady to be joining their race. These twelve lords were the leaders appointed by King Drox to rule over places he had captured.

Not all are important to mention except, Klaus the lord of Winter Falls, and Brent Lord of High garden.

"We are here to make sure that you are doing the needful, we cannot let the first lady join in such an honorable event be a liability like her lord," Drox said and they all laughed.

I felt bad that they referred to Darius as a liability, but I also agreed with them to an extent. I bowed immediately to show my respect for the king.

King Drox then said, "well, if you want to participate in this event you would have to pay with 100 gold coins, Darius always gets a free pass since you are my friend but I am not sure you will."

I then bowed my head and he came closer and said, "I would make sure both you and your master lose, believe me, you would make an ex