Chapter 19
“How could that have happened?” asked King Assgard, horrified, and he looked down into the hole into which Cherry had just disappeared.
“She must have leant over too far and lost her balance,” said Lord Aveleen. “Poor girl. But at least she’s now united with her mate.”
The queen made her way through the crowd.
“What’s happened?” she asked, worried. “Where’s Lady Cherry?”
When she saw that everyone was looking down into the hole, Molwina uttered a shrill scream. Full of fear, she looked at her mate. Her look was begging him to deny what her heart already knew. Cherry was down there. Had she jumped after him? She didn’t want to believe that. After all, she was expecting Merlon’s baby, she wouldn’t do that …
“She fell down,” said the king and took his mate by the hand. “There
