HAILEY
The kingdom survives exactly one hour and thirty minutes.
Less than two hours
I know this because I checked twice.
The moment the cars disappear beyond the castle gates, everybody stands there for a few seconds watching after them.
Aurora looks devastated.
Nana Rose looks completely unaffected.
Eamon is still on the balcony.
And I?
I am suddenly realizing that all the adults just left without so much as a proper instruction manual.
"Well," Nana Rose says eventually. "I have work."
Then she leaves just like that..
I stare after her in disbelief.
"Did she just abandon us too?"
"Looks like it," Eamon calls from above.
I glare upward.
"This is your fault."
"What? How's it my fault"
"I haven't figured out how yet but give me time."
Eamon shakes his head before disappe
