Finding A Witch

"Would this be all, your highness?" Derek asked, a twitch in his eyes when he saw crown prince Valerie mount his favorite horse. 

"That would be all," Valerie told him, pulling the reins so the animal broke into a trot while his second in command was left behind as he watched dumbfounded. 

When he heard the prince was riding into town and gracing the streets of Astaria with his presence, he assumed Prince Valerie would go with the stately carriage and draw attention to his arrival so the citizens cheered him. But the opposite was the case here because the prince wore a black cloak that shielded his identity and took a simple horse. 

Only those with sharp eyes would be able to discern that this was the crown prince and it bothered Derek. He was the crown prince and the people were supposed to sing his praises. Although Valerie humbled himself before everyone, Derek knew inwardly that he loved the fame.