The Guide by Trudie Collins

Author:Trudie Collins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Adveture, Wizard, dragon, quest
Publisher: Trudie Collins
Published: 2018-05-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Allias was in his study, carefully studying the wax on the document. “It looks genuine to me,” he finally declared. “It has the official royal seal, my grandmother’s personal seal and the seal of the royal chief steward.”

“So what do we do now?” Selene asked, excitedly.

“We call the immediate family together and have Halvine read it. Officially it is the chief steward’s job to not only witness every royal will, but also to be the official reader.”

Soon Sam found herself in one of the reception rooms with Selene, Rupert, Hetta and Allias, all anxiously awaiting the arrival of Halvine. “Are you sure I am allowed to be here?” Sam whispered to Selene, who nodded her head and shushed her; she had heard footsteps approaching. The door opened and Halvine formally strode in, closing it behind him. The will was neatly tucked under his arm.

He took a seat, making sure he was comfortable before speaking. “Prince Everet has been contacted and gave his permission for me to proceed without him.”

Selene whispered to Sam, noticing her confused frown. “A few years ago, some wizards invented these small boxes that can be used to communicate over long distances. They are rare, but father managed to obtain a pair and made my brother take one with him when he left home.”

“If the Princess has quite finished,” Halvine continued, causing Selene to go red. “The seals have been authenticated. Unless a later dated one is found, this is indeed the last will and testament of Queen Marie. If there are no objections, I shall now read it to you.”

“Oh just get on with it will you,” Allias snapped jovially, as eager as any of them to hear the contents.

Halvine broke the seals and unfolded the document. He quickly read the first few lines, frowning in obvious confusion. He did not like what he was reading. Before Allias had chance to complain, however, he started to read out loud.

“I, Felix Gondal, chief steward to King Harrold, do solemnly swear that this a true statement of the wishes of Queen Marie in regard to distribution of her assets upon her death.”

“Harrold was my grandfather,” Allias informed Sam. “Is there a date on the will?”

“It is dated two weeks before Queen Marie’s death. I looked up the date in the library just before coming here. That wizard you have staying with you and the lady who always seems to be in there with him were getting very excited about something by the way.”

“Yes yes, you can tell me all about that later. Please continue reading.”

Halvine did as instructed. “There is some legal jargon that I am sure you will not mind if I skip. It is just there to make the will official.” Seeing Allias nod, he continued. “Here is the part that you really want to hear. To my granddaughter-in-law, Hetta, I leave my wedding ring. This is to be passed on to her daughter who, at the time of this reading, is getting impatient to be born.

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