Chapter 58

News from the border was not encouraging. With the addition of the ghouls, the invaders had tripled in size. Grayson was anxious; he didn't like sitting back while others fought for him.

"You would have been a terrible king, my love," Abigail teased him one afternoon. "You should have been a general." She rested her head on his shoulder.

"I don’t know enough to be a general," he argued. "I just don't like sitting around when I know I could help."

"What should we do then, my love?"

"I think I need to go help them." Grayson asserted, turning to look at his wife.

"I said 'we', Grayson," Abigail said gently. "We are in this together. If you go, you aren't going alone."

"She's right," Cat interrupted, walking up to them. "We are all in this together."

"Where are we going?" Rose asked excitedly as she came up behind Cat. She gave Cat a kiss on the cheek.

Grayson looked at them all in a mix of gratitude and concern. "I can't keep having the three of you fight for me. I need