Blue's Pov; The man turned around slowly, visibly shaking by the turn of events. "You are the queen?" He asked, unable to come to terms with my truth.I released my hair from the tight bun, Rose styled it into, then I wiped off the little dirt she had rubbed on my cheeks."Oh my goodness, it is her." "That's the queen.""That is the woman that married the king.""Yes, she's the one.""But why is she here?" Whispers aroused from around us, as a small crowd gathered not too far away. "Forgive me my queen, I had no idea you were the one standing before me." The bulky man said, going down on his knees. "I should forgive you? Why should I forgive you, when a moment ago you acted so inhumanely to this poor little child." I voiced in disbelief, pointing at the child behind me."I didn't mean to act that way towards him. But I told the child countless times to leave, and he wouldn't listen." The bulky man defended himself, his eyes and knees still lowered to the ground. "Child, why won't

Blue's Pov:"Blue! Blue! Blue! Blue!!" Sarah's voice invaded my dream, waking me up with a jolt. "Yes." I answered, opening my eyes slowly as I yawned loudly."The Lords, they are all here." She informed me with a smile. I sat up with a jolt, blinking my eyes rapidly as I tried to have an understanding of the message Sarah just passed across. "What?""The Lords, they are in your meeting room as we speak." Sarah voiced once more. "I.. I heard you the first... the first time. But how? I thought they didn't want to see me. I mean, they had obviously ignored my call yesterday." "I also have no idea why they are here, and so early at that." She shakes her head sideways, also trying to have an understanding of why the Lords had come to me so early. I mean— it doesn't make any sense. I stood up from my bed, then sat down on the chair in front of my dresser. I took a napkin from my dressing table, poured a little bit of water from the jug on the dresser, and then used the napkin to wipe

Blue's POVFluttering my eyes opened, a contented smile graced my lips, as I stared at Wilder's face. I listened for a minute to his chest rising and falling like the tide of a subtle sea.I watched his face up close for a few more minutes before deciding to exit his bedroom. I need to start investigating the tax issue, and I can't lay in bed with Wilder all day. Although I really wish I could, but for that to happen, I have to trash my sense of justice.With a little heaviness in my chest, I pulled myself out of bed and sat still for a second, because I had suddenly felt dizzy. Then I attempted to stand up once more, but my tired self wasn't in my way this time— Wilder was. "Leaving my bed so soon?" He questioned, and I could feel myself twitch almost immediately.I rolled my eyes and turned back to face him. "You were asleep the last time I checked." He rested his head on my shoulder, then slowly planted kisses on the blade of my shoulder and I found myself falling into his arms.

Blue's POV"I found them, Blue." I heard Wilder say, grinning from ear to ear, and oozing with so much pride and enthusiasm. Not that I was bothered about the army, but I knew we had to do something about them. We have to play this game of chess properly, or we will be kicked right out of it."Okay. Give me some minutes to think of the next step." I uttered. And as if I had said something completely bad, I watched as Wilder's enthusiastic expression sank at once. He suddenly looked confused. Like there was something about this situation he wanted me to address. Something I was not doing."What?" I asked, raising an eyebrow."Er, think? I thought we were just supposed to like kill them all, to avoid them being a threat to us later. Then maybe we can keep about two or three alive to tell the tale of their survival to the rest." He paused and walked towards me. It was a bad time to flirt, but the way his eyes stared into the depths of my soul made me shiver in excitement. I wanted to