I groaned and cried. My red cloak slightly covering my head and face from the sun, but I was still sweating pretty badly as I rode on Cloud. The other princes were on their horses as well and covered in their own respective cloaks. We left before the sun could even rise and now the sun was slightly above us.

I breathed and wiped the sweat off of my forehead. “And this is why we should have brought the carriage,” I muttered angrily. Custard was not helping either. His thick brown ...