I felt sad over the following days, wondering if that would truly be the last time I would ever see Kain. On the bright side, he and William were safe, and they had each other.

Fortunately, there wasn’t time for me to be sentimental, because I was put on a tour with the king and the queen.

“Your Majesty, it sounds like overkill for us to travel around, doesn’t it?” I asked my mother, Queen Martha, trying to see if there was a way to get it over with all at ...