Rats In The Manor

Sir Dustin stood there, dumbfounded and somewhat confused as to what I meant. I turned to him and gave him the rose, instructing him to hold onto it. His brows immediately furrowed with confusion when I gave it to him.

He just kept staring at the peculiar wild rose as if he was trying to solve a puzzle with his eyes. I, on the other hand, was trying to solve a bigger puzzle.

Once the rose was in his hand, I turned away from him once again and marched along another path away from the dead end.

As I marched along the new path, I ordered the confused silver knight, “Follow.” And he did with the rose delicately in his hand.

As he obediently followed me, Sir Dustin's expression changed from confused to intrigued...

“Sire—"

I immediately interrupted him, “—Quiet! Just follow.” Once we got to a corner, I stopped and ordered, “Pull out a petal from the rose.”

“Pardon, sire? I don't understand.”