Aspen.
Aiden had a lot of respect for the King. The man was fond of him, too.
"Come closer, my dear," The King said, stretching his hands toward me, and they were shaking. He wasn't old, but his sickness was making him old, stopping his cells from regenerating as quickly as they should. I sat next to him, and he hugged me.
"Welcome to the family, young lady. Fate has blessed you with a fine man." He said, and I smiled at him.
"Tell me you two will be staying a while?" He said, and Aiden looked at me.
"Two days, your Majesty," He replied, adding an extra day to what we had planned originally, and the King nodded.
"I am glad you cut ties with that creep," He said, and Aiden laughed.
While they spoke, I studied the King intensely, wondering why Sage would see him in her vision. I paid
