I'm so happy to be posting again so soon! And I'm enjoying writing this story much more than the others for some reason 😅
CHAPTER ONE: THE GOOD QUEEN
“My lord, me and my family offer our deepest condolences.”
“She will be greatly missed.”
“I can’t imagine how the King must feel.”
“We’ve lost a monarch.”
“I’m so sorry for your loss!”
This is what Artham Wingfeather had been listening to all day, and he was sure that alone had added greys to his hair.
That and the fact that his grandmother, Madia Wingfeather, had died that week. Her funeral was that morning, and since he was better with words and since, for safety reasons, he did not want Esben out in the thick of it, he had been managing all the people. And the condolences. And Bonifer. Though he had been less than cordial with him, since he still did not trust the man.
The day was over, he was exhausted, and now he and his family were sitting in their beloved grandmother’s sitting room. Arundelle was holding one arm, and he had the other wrapped around his daughter, whose head was resting on his chest.
Across from him sat Esben, who had one arm around his wife, and Nia was holding Janner. Artham could not help but let his eyes go to where Emerald should be sitting, and he was filled with a sudden and unexpected emotion: rage.
“She died peacefully, as a woman like that should,” Esben whispered.
Artham looked at his brother and smiled a little. “Never expected to hear something so poetic come from you, Es.”
Esben laughed dryly. “This is the only thing that would make me sentimental.”
Artham looked sad for a moment but said nothing. He did not like to see his little brother in grief.
Arthra was noticeably quiet, partly because she did not have much to say. She just looked across the room at Janner, who was far too young to understand what was going on. She wished she could be.
This was the first time she had ever felt a grief like this…and she hated it. How I wish she could be spared from the pain that would soon come…
This felt a lot shorter than I thought...a lot of these chapters are lol.
Tagging @Marki Sel and @J. M. :DD