Mama Promised! She did! (2)

T-Vino Winery Office….

"Your Highness, are we going to let her be? What if?"

Ian focused on his computer, typing away without pausing for a moment, even as Currey asked him this. Currey had been dropping these small comments all morning, but Ian never said a word in reply, for he did not feel the need to.

"I know that you may want to let the natural course of things take place, but thi-"

The moment the question was spoken, Ian's hands paused mid-keystroke, and the light rhythmic clatter of the keyboard abruptly ceased. Slowly, Ian raised his head, his movements unnervingly deliberate. That's when Currey knew that he had crossed an invisible line. Being in the human world was making him muddled. Dare him to question His Majesty's actions? It looked like he had lived too long and was looking to end his own life!