“What do you mean? Did other relatives rock up out of nowhere?” Raylene asked with her eyes big from shock. She had not known about any other relatives who could be close enough to be heirs to the kingdom.

“No one ‘rocked up’ as such. He was always there in the background. Lost but not forgotten,” Richard declared standing opposite Raylene with his hands in his pockets.

Raylene stared at him in disbelief. Was Richard losing his mind after all those hours of robot ...