Did you bring three personal items, recruit?” he asks.
“Yes, my lord!” I say.
“What are they?”
“Love for my kingdom, love for my king, and love for my queen, my lord!”
He pauses for a long time before he nods. “I can work with that,” he says finally.
It’s all a Royal Guard, a true Royal Guard, will ever need.

Auteur: Rae Carson