DARIUS’S POV

I hated the stench of hog piss.

The smell was so bad, it threatened to take away my sense of smell.

Oh, how I hated travelling. I am a man of importance, a great man that is closest to royalty. I did not deserve to travel in such conditions. However, I could not risk trooping in and out of silver lake in the open, it would become suspicious.

Luckily, one of the farmers was an old friend of mine and always offered to smuggle in her cart. I did wish his animals did not have such ...