Owen's pov
Whatever I expected from our visit to the king didn't happen. Weston did stand up to his father but even I could tell that was a bad idea. But that's Weston, every guard in the palace is used to him challenging his father and speaking to the king rudely. So I'm not worried about anything new happening to him.
It's Penelope, she holds my worry. She talked back to the king, in a public setting. And she made an empty threat, that I honestly thought the king would kill her for. The gods know how that man reacts to people speaking to him in a loud tone. Seeing her step up for Weston, was wonderful. We could never. We grew up in the strict arms of the king's rules, and those of our parents.
All we could do was watch when one of us ended up hurt. Along the way, we started to beli
