“Send word, immediately!” Orders the knights, never taking his eyes off my mother, a younger more nervous knights scrambling back inside the Palace in response.
His shock is palpable, and I’m sure there is plenty more of this to come, but my mother doesn’t seem bothered in the slightest. She looks bored, like this is any normal day. Either she really is this calm, or she is an amazing actress. All the while, my heart is hammering inside my chest.
“How can this be? You were dead.” Questions the knight, momentarily forgetting his place.
“I’m quite clearly alive, Carlisle. You must know how it is here, maybe you could even harbour a guess as to why I had to leave?”
“I...I thought you died in that fire... Your Highness. Forgive my ignorance, but I don’t know why you had to leave. I
