*Mark*

I walk quickly toward the throne room. The king has summoned me, and I wonder if he wants to ask me why I missed dinner last night.

Maybe this is the best time to discuss the fact that Emily isn’t Luna material. I know she is his cousin, so I wonder how he’ll react.

As I near the throne room, I’m now sure I don’t have the nerve to be the one to bring this up.

We’d all spoken about this last night and had decided we needed a strategy to get Emily out ...