Thaddeus’ POV

I’m sitting in my office, behind my desk, working on some last minute things for the Royal Ball when I hear someone knock on the door. I glace up to the door for a second, before looking back down at the paperwork in front of me. “Come in,” I call out, the door opening a second later.

“Your Majesty,” Edmund speaks, bowing his head upon entering my office. “All of the humans have sent letters saying that they aren’t coming.”

“Did they leave ...