Chapter 24
Xavier
A day after Dori had conjured the portal to take her back to Earth, I sat on my throne, filled with regret and chewing on my thumbnail as I recounted all the decisions I’d made of late. Too many of them had been lacking rationality and good common sense.
When it came to that woman, I simply lost my head. But this latest one seemed like the worst choice I’d made so far.
I was still stewing in regret and worry when a voice spoke from the doorway.
“Your Majesty?”
With a jump of surprise, I lifted my face to a page who hovered in the entrance of the great hall. I assumed he was there to deliver feedback about the cleaning efforts happening around New Gill. Since the earthquake, my people had begun rebuilding and putting things back together with a gusto that made me pro
