2,000 After using my command on Kolton to make him forget again, we went our separate ways. It tore something deep inside me, like plucking out a rib with bare hands, but I couldn't afford sentiment now. Not when the final act of my plan was unfolding. Once the messengers returned and told me they'd done what I'd instructed, I paid them from the royal vaults, being Queen had it's perks. I was now richer than I'd ever imagined I'd be. After making sure Kolton and the others knew the plan for the army, I left a letter for Kolton, carefully worded and filled with love and a wish for him to be a great King and find a love that makes him feel alive, as well as instructions for him to take care of wolf pup Thorn, and left for the forest, knowing Barret or perhaps one of my family members woul

