"I'd prefer to avoid killing horses if we can," Jocelynn said before the principled knight could object. "Those hamlets still need to rely on their fast riders if the demons attack again. I don't want to cripple their only means of calling for help if we can avoid it."
"But I take Sir Elgon's warning to heart," the young lady added. She'd just asked these men to act as her advisors. If she didn't listen to them and act on their advice, then what was the point of bringing them into her confidence in the first place?
"I should have earned at least a small amount of favor with Liam Dunn and his father by helping to secure a path for them to become a county," she said hesitantly. "Or at least, I should have if Lord Bors still honors his words from the last session of the Lothian Court."
