Chapter 477. For the Queen

SALLIE

It was my moment. At this moment, nothing else mattered. I had been a little sad, that was true. But now none of that really mattered. I was happy, excited, joyful.

I was jumping behind Tachje. He promised to explain everything I had to do in the absence of my two friends and also in his.

“I’m so happy,” I said, smiling non-stop, my face already hurt from so much smiling.

I was walking through the castle corridors as if it were a dance floor and I was a hostess.

“Well, that’s very optimistic,” he said, his answers always seemed sarcastic.

He returned to his almost human form and looked at me intently, stopping before a door I didn’t remember very well. We were quite close to where the boys were. Surely it was to keep an eye on me if something went wrong.

“Listen, Sallie. It won’t be like out here inside. Look…” he hesitated, he seemed dismayed. It was strange to see him dismayed if he always seemed so sure of himself. “You won’t have