164 The Knight’s First Task

That declaration was first met with silence and then Terrilo broke it with a question. “Knight?” She sounded so confused. “Erom, when were you made a knight?” The simplicity of that question was for some reason quite hilarious and the laughter that followed was enough to reduce the tension in the room. Ella was the one who answered. “Erom has been quite busy these past few weeks, you know. He and this Kelley boy here went into the woods and brought back some boys from their family who had wandered in there and got themselves kidnapped by some other Woodlanders or something - y'all never did explain to me who these kidnappers were - but anyway, when he got back, Gavadiol made him knight and placed him second in command in the kingdom but obviously that doesn't apply to us here and don't you dare look at me that way, Erom Stuttin!” Erom merely laughed. “It's true a lot has happened Terrilo.” Now he wished Kelley was not in the room truly. And as if the lad knew he was being though