21
Red
With perfect timing, Mahaeru showed up as I was about to order a page to get my horse ready. Other than riding as fast as the wind, there was no other way to get to the Summer Court.
Until Mahaeru opened a portal right into the heart of the Sun City. The fae here might not know me well enough, but they knew the goddess. Once the soldiers at the palace gates saw her, they ushered her in.
King Varian and Queen Layla met us in the grand hall. The last time I had seen both was almost a year ago, when I had come to help them defeat the witch Sanna and her ogres. The only thing that had changed since then was the golden crowns on their heads.
“That chair suits you,” I teased as Varian rose from his throne to greet me.
He clasped his arm with mine, holding on tight. “I’ve heard what’
