HFY: The Black Ship - Chapter 42 Part 1

No amount of enemies fighters, frigates or cruisers can ever hope to befuddle sir Wyatt. But…those damn shrubs and bushes of the gardens damn him to shame!

Now I understand, first Clara spoke of the importance to the Principality of the industry and shipyards of Firentis and before Wyatt spoke of Firentis as a source of food, now uses Wyatt to divert the real interest, and thus lower the potential value as a target to Firentis, before a successful negotiation. What a kind of mastermind is Clara.

Wyatt, mighty slayer of plants, is trapped in a garden...News at 11!

Great episode! Wyatt's recognition that Lady Felicity thought she had won a victory, even if he didn't know what that victory was, shows he is growing in his understanding of the silent battle between the nobles.

For some reason, this suddenly reminded me of the youth that were sent to war. Naive and simple but with learned principles that they carried into in unmeasurable hardships. Some that survived were broken others excelled. None were unchanged.

Clara is testing Wyatt, he better be careful. Enemies are enemies, never underestimate one.

Nice to see this chapter starting from the Draymore delegation being lead by Felicity Cintor thinks of what Wyatt's reaction to the "living Drazin". I do like how Felicity ignored Wyatt Staples until someone pointed out what would someone have to do be worthy of being the left hand of Clara the Reaper (totally a blue blood thing to do)? Its hilarious how Felicity is dumbfounded and confused by how Clara acted, that Clara cares for this Wyatt and used this unexpected situation to her advantage! Its hilarious how the nobles of the nobles trying to figure out who Wyatt is due to the recorders on him for the 3rd Fleet are missing. I do like how Casimir was smart in he was more focused on the danger of Clara having a Reckoning class Assault Stealth Destroyer and it must have been originally Samuel's Glory. Maximilian Userek is funny in how he characterizes Tamiran Cayston very well in an insulting way. I am not surprised members of Draymore delegation think about to go after Wyatt since he seems to be a weakness of Clara. Felicity is thinking to using her womanly wiles on him to spill secrets to her, which is going to be hilarious seeing her trying to bend his titanium will! 🤣😂 I totally agree with how Wyatt is annoyed with waiting 4 hours for just some brief talk between Clara and the head of house Firentis and then just leaving seems to be a total wast of time. I am not surprised that Clara finds Wyatts reaction to this amusing. Nice seeing the first peaceful interaction of Draymore and Astor force in this series how they have to be nice and not try to attack each other physically but instead in gilded, honey laced words. I do love how EkhidnaWritez has Clara understand what Felicity's true goal of coming to her and pretending to not realize it but turn it to her own advantage! Clara shows her true trust in Wyatt in not giving him specific orders other than escort Felicity for a while, knowing Wyatt's indomitable will and awareness of dangers of noble women trying to use him for their own advantage will make him paranoid of any attempts of Felicity. Its interesting seeing how Felicity tries to get a understanding of the unusual person Wyatt is, she is getting some useful info from him even though its very general stuff but still quite useful if used properly. She sees that Wyatt is truly most likely born a commoner and that he is someone lives his life by the motto: Loyalty is its own reward. I do respect Felicity makes Wyatt for the first time ever think about what would he do if House Astor loses to House Draymore, which is an important thing to do. I do like how Felicity respects Wyatt for his strong will not truly bending his will to her. I would not be surprised that Felicity was happy that she was able to get such a strong willed person like Wyatt to blush at her actions. I have a feeling she is seeing Wyatt as a interesting challenge to break his defenses. I do like how this chapter ends with Wyatt wondering how his family is doing, with him paradoxically wanting to talk with them soon and not soon at the same time! He longs to talk with his loving family but does not want to deal with the stuff with him being a noble his eyes no longer being the same. Then realizing he is lose in a garden/maze, Wyatt's greatest challenge yet! 🤣😂😆 It will be fun to see how the political battlefield between Draymore and Astor for house Firentis to side with them. Also further interactions between Felicity and Wyatt where they try to get info from each other that might be useful but at the same time making sure its not false intel. I hope whatever problems you are having EkhidnaWritez that your able to overcome them and become stronger from it. Keep up the Awesome work EkhidnaWritez, till next time! ☺

i have to admit that the writer of this intriguing story has an interesting understanding of intrigue, betrayal, politics, especially among narcissistic nobility and a fascinating understanding of power games and even perhaps human psychology. this is a very good and unique story considering what I have watched on this channel and similar ones.

No way did someone like Clara dump Sir Wyatt in the clutches of a talented adversary without knowing exactly what would transpire. Sir Wyatt gets a valuable lesson, Felicity gets a false feeling of victory and Clara wins again! I suspect that this conversation will reinforce the notion that Sir Wyatt is pretending to have been a commoner but if otherwise, Clara planned it that way....

I was on chapter 18 of book 1 when this dropped. And I still want a hard copy Wyatt being lost in the garden. What a way to end the chapter 😊.

Really enjoying this story, I live out rural and have to drive long distances between towns going from jobs to jobs, I listen to this story while driving between towns, I've never gotten into auto books but this one has caught me. Looking forward too more chapters

So he told her that the Astors want the food. Clara clearly knew he would let that slip though.

Clara a master of sleight of hand and misdirection, a magician of politics!!

Loving this story... Clara the mastermind... Wyatt the guardian of the realm and the hapless soul trying to figure out nobility schemes as he is now lost in a simple garden...

That garden might prove to be a mighty foe for Ser Wyatt Staples 😆

I look forward to this series and it's a joy everytime I see a new episode.

Sisyphean? I had to look that one up, LOL! 🤓 “endless and unavailing, as labor or a task.” Thanks for introducing me to a new woid. 😊

The only thing I dislike about this series is that I discovered it before it was done. I need more!😂

Wyatt appears to just begin to understand what his true duties are. Being drawn into the battlefield of.the nobility is something new to him. Another very well written chapter.

And so endeth the story of ye noble Wyatt, lost in the garden … forever.