Cryos & Jade- Secrets by Luke T Barnett

Author:Luke T Barnett
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Luke T. Barnett
Published: 2020-03-27T04:00:00+00:00

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Torina sat in the waiting chamber just off the throne room of the castle. Her hands fidgeted. A man walked by the room, then walked backwards to stand in the doorway. Torina tensed at the man’s searching look.

“Come to see the King, have you?” he said.

Torina shook her head slightly.

“N-No, I...I came to see the princess.”

“That so?” he said, scratching the stubble on his chin.

“I...It’s very important.”

“Oh, I’ll bet it is. But the princess, well, she’s a little fickle. Too busy for the likes of us common folk, y’know.”

“She…she didn’t seem that way...in the village.”

“Oh that. Aye, she’ll put on a show here and there just to keep people from gettin’ too riled up. But when it counts, she can’t be bothered. Might careless if you ask me. Oh, but I forget myself. I shouldn’t be talkin’ about her majesty so, I guess.”

Torina didn’t know how to answer this man who was leaning in the doorway.

“But I wouldn’t count on her coming to see you anytime soon,” he added.

“The guard said he would speak to her for me.”

“Oh, and I’m sure he did go to do just that. And she probably told him she’d be with you presently. But the truth of the matter, she’s probably already forgotten.”

Torina deflated at that. She stood to go. It was foolish to come. Who was she compared to a princess?

“Thank you,” she mumbled as she moved to the door.

“Whoa, wait a minute,” said the man, laying a gentle, if large hand on her shoulder. “Now just because she don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t. I happen to be close to her ear and can get you a private meeting with her. Just you and her.”

Torina looked up at the man’s warm smile.

“You...would you...?”

“Of course. We common folk need to look out for one another. But even with someone like me she trusts, it’ll take me time to convince her. Come back at midnight and ask for the stables. Ask for Gar, that’s me, and I’ll take you to your private meeting.”

“Thank you, Sir,” Torina said.

“Think nothin’ of it, Lass. Nothin’ at all.”

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