A knock on the door pulled me from my thoughts. I turned toward the sound, startled, blinking back the haze that had clouded my vision. I opened the door and came face to face with a guard.
"The queen has summoned you," he said.
The queen? I felt a flutter of unease mixed with curiosity. She rarely ever summoned me personally, and when she did, it usually didn't end very well.
"Thank you," I murmured, nodding.
I closed the door and quickly washed my face. Luckily, my features had returned back to normal. I would think about that later. Right now, I had to attend to the queen and she what she wanted.
As I walked through the castle corridors to the queen’s chambers, my mind wandered to all the possible reasons she could have called for me. By the time I reached the queen’s door, my
