Court of Secrets

246 — Vortigern

*POV=KAELEN*

I walked into the throneroom, the doors shutting heavily behind me. Everyone present looked so tense that they almost forgot to bow.

“Your Majesty, how is the queen?” The head of the Dawnforge family, Aurelia, asked.

“She’s fine.” I replied. “She was just tired.”

I liked that they were already referring to her as the Queen. I’d almost expected them to be a little stiff