Chapter 60

-Willow-

I was cleaning out the office when I heard something behind me. Slowly, I turned only to let out a startled scream. Despite expecting someone to be behind me, the last person I had thought would appear stood in the doorway, wrapped in a long robe. The queen had arrived.

“Your Majesty,” I said and bowed my head.

Her tired eyes scanned the room, looking at every corner, and then landed on my hands, which held the empty wrapping of a candy bar.

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“Um… cleaning up.”

“Why?”

“Because your son has been staying in here, and I thought he might want a cleaner room,” I explained before I walked over to where the trashcan was and threw it in. When I turned again, she had come closer to me, a strange energy surrounding her, but I knew that was to be expected from a grieving mate. She had been with the king for many years after all.

“Where is he?” she asked.

“Cain and I came to check on you two, and right now they are out walking,” I explained.”

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