Chapter 38

That night, I waited for my husband in the common area while I tried to distract myself by reading a book. Gregory arrived after midnight looking exhausted, Honey ran to greet him wagging his tail and my husband took the dog in his arms.

“I did not think I would find you awake,” he said, approaching the fireplace where I was.

“I wanted to know if everything went well after your announcement,” I lied.

“In the city yes, people returned to their activities and pretend not to hear anything. Unfortunately, some curious farmers at the border got too close to the position of the Trobetians and their archers killed them.”

I could see how this anger and frustrated my husband.

“How terrible!” I exclaimed feeling sorry for those people.

“Yes, it was… the problem is tha