2 Trouble in Trellis

CHAPTER 2

Trouble in Trellis Clara jabbed Lucas in the side with her elbow. "Don't look so surprised!" she said angrily. "Girls make excellent knights." Lucas rubbed his side where he'd been hit. "Ow," he said. "I'm sorry. It's just that you don't see lady knights every day in the kingdom of Wrenly." Then he thought about it and added, "But that should change." Clara unfolded her arms. "Yes, I am certain it will," she agreed, and the smile returned to her face. Then they crept closer to hear what the knight had to say. "My name is Dame Laurel of Trellis," she said. Dame Laurel's armor was made completely of things found in the forest. She had on a breastplate of hawthorn leaves

dipped in bronze and a helmet and shield made of hickory wood. "I have an urgent message for the king." Lucas and Clara gave each other a look.

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"What could be so urgent?" Clara whispered. Lucas shrugged. They hitched their horses and followed the castle guards and Dame Laurel into the castle. The guards sent a message to the king. Soon they escorted Dame Laurel into the king's special meeting chamber. Lucas and Clara hid behind a purple curtain just outside the grand room and eavesdropped. "State your case," they heard King Caleb say. Dame Laurel bowed before the king.

"There's been unrest in Trellis, Your Majesty," the knight announced. "It began when a farmer's herd of cattle was frightened into a stampede. The cows haven't returned." The king stroked his bristly blond beard. "Runaway cows?" he questioned. "That hardly seems a matter for the king's court."