Feeling a little bit distracted by the whole glove situation, I left my room, completely forgetting that I had to find Godfrey, but to my luck, he was the one that found me as I was walking down the stairs.
"Good morning, my Queen."
He made his usual extravagant bow as I returned it with a little nod.
"Godfrey, I was going to look for you."
"Then it is great luck that we met here, because I am about to leave the castle for business in a few moments."
"Yes, I am lucky in deed. Melisa said you were looking for me?"
"Oh, yes yes. There is news from my friend. They caught a great current and their journey home will be a week shorter than estimated."
I pushed a fake smile onto my face as dread filled my chest.
"That is great news. Did he by any chance give you any estimates of how much
