Chapter 34

He didn’t say anything for long. 

“Be strong, Baski,” he muttered at last.

Baski knew what that meant. She should prepare herself; she might never get her sweet lovely little girl again. A time might come when Baski might be alive, but Remeta was dead.

Tears filled the woman’s eyes, but she blinked them back. “I’m trying to be, my king,” she said hoarsely.

“Bring her to the palace one of these days.” 

“Thank you, Your Highness. I will.”

Silence descended between them. Again.

“Does she know? The reason why she’s being summoned in seven round turns of the long pointer?” he asked at last. 

“I-I’m so sorry, my king. I tried telling her, but no matter how much I tried—”

“You couldn’t,” he finished for her.

She lowered her head miserably. “How do I tell her she’ll be having another introduction, and this time around, the four kingdoms summoned her? Her father made enemies with them when he was still alive—four king