CHAPTER EIGHT Thor did his best to keep up with Erec’s squire, hurrying to catch up as he weaved his way through the masses. It had been such a whirlwind since the arena, he could hardly process what was happening all around him. He was still trembling inside, could still hardly believe he had been accepted into the Legion, and that he had been named second squire to Erec. “I told you, boy—keep up!” Feithgold snapped. Thor resented being called “boy,” especially as the squire was hardly a few years older. Feithgold darted in out of the crowd, almost as if he were trying to lose Thor. “Is it always this crowded here?” Thor called out, trying to catch up. “Of course not!” Feithgold yelled back. “Today is not only the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, but also the day the Kin