Athena eventually reemerged blinking when she saw the knight from the other day instead of Erik figuring he was out protect the city she headed to her father. " Papa." He looked up from his paperwork and smiled at her. " Yes my love." " I would like to except Lord Stan's proposal but I would like more time to get to know him." Athena swallowed the lump in her throat. " Of course my dear...fetch the young lord so we can tell him your arrangement." the king smiled.

Erik sat on the road into town watching the people go by letting his horse rest in the shade of a large tree. Though it was daylight and hot he didn't want anything else to happen on his watch.