Royal Charade

Isolde’s POV

I did not wait outside the hut for very long. I saw someone when I got there clothed like she had been yesterday. I walked up immediately to talk to her.

“I'm so glad you could make it,” I said to her, as though excited to see her. In all honesty, I wish that I could be doing something else instead of being here.

“I am too. How do you do?” At once, I could sense that something was off