Chapter 9-12 Summary

~9~ Fitz goes the next morning to call on Patience to tell them to be extra cautious. Fitz is surprised to find Patience warning him about Regal and others in the court. Fritz goes about his day and finds that Kettricken has decided to walk to Buckkeep town in the snow. Fitz is angry that she would go alone after the attack from the Forged ones and goes quickly after her. Kettricken goes back reluctantly with Fitz. The wolf follows Fitz to get Kettricken even though Fitz tells him to get back home.

~10~ Fitz and the wolf hunt together through the Wit at night while Fitz is sleeping. Fitz is confronted by the guard the next day and he finds that some of them have decided that the queen-in-waiting needs her own guard. They ask him to be the one that tells...