Ashlynn wasted little time once Jocelynn's carriage and the Sacred Sapling had vanished through the gates of Lothian Manor. She'd spent the entire night with Marcel, Ignatious and Isabell, planning to handle Lothian City in the days leading up to the arrival of the Eldritch forces, and there were a number of plans that needed to be put into motion this morning.
Soon, the knights of Dunn and Blackwell would begin moving through the city, carrying orders that bore the seal of the Lothian Marquis. As distasteful as she found it to use her identity as Owain's lawful wife, for the moment, orders bearing the Lothian seal would be accepted by the sheriff, his constables, and more than a hundred soldiers who manned the outer walls in a way that her own seal would not.
