A Step Toward Us

FREYA

Dusk took too long to come.

After hours, I led Maya back into the stables.

The tension in the castle was palpable in the air when I arrived.

Messages were soon sent for the searchers to return, for the queen was back.

This disappearing act would not be spoken of but word would spread to the council members at least. They would wonder and my faceless enemy would speculate.

I would keep pushing until they arrived at the conclusion I wanted them to.

No one would openly question me. I was the Queen.

Later, I ordered for my dinner to be brought upstairs to me since I was to dine with Adrien. There was no need to ask for more food, the food was always plentiful and would be adequate for more than two mouths.

Sipping from my fine goblet, I lounged on a padded couch while my dinner was organized in front of the lit fireplace. I watched as the maids came and went, curtsying as they entered the room.