Danika reached the King's Quarters and knocked on the door. She waited patiently.

"Come in." Came the deep voice of the king.

She hasn't heard his voice since the day before, it coursed a shiver down her spine. It made her heart to flutter too. She has it bad for him.

It isn't something she doesn't already know, but the knowledgeable never seizes to hurt her. Love is not supposed to soothe and hurt at the same time, but hers does.

She ...