The sun was about to set. The yellow shine of the evening created a warm glow through the windows of the carriages.
The massive gates of Judea were opened before they even arrived at the Dukedom, even Beth-El Judean, a bald, obese man with several courtesans surrounding him, viewed the lines of carriages passing without stopping from his position on the top of the border walls.
He would've hoped to halt them and greet them once, but when he knew that the fifth Prince was travelling in the same fleet, he changed his thoughts and let the trouble pass.
Everyone knew the tales of the Fifth Prince. Not a single duke wanted to get on his bad side.
The carriages passed through several counties, with guards stationed on the walls and the gates open. None of the noblemen dared to get in the way of the carriages; even the roads and markets were cleared for them to pass through.
