章節 49: Fifty

When we arrived in the room I saw Arthur and Lance in a corner talking, and two small boys on the carpet playing. One looked a little younger than me and I immediately assumed it was Prince Christopher and the other was very small and definitely Prince Ryan. They both took after their mother heavily, but traces of their father was here and there. When we entered the Queen stood up, she had been sitting on a couch in the middle of the room knitting and was the first to see us.

"Oh, you got her!" He eyes were ablaze with light the second she saw me and the King quickly closed the space between them with me in his arms.

"Hello your grace." I got the same look from her as I did her husband. I smiled wryly at the irritation welling up and then turned my head to look at the boys who seemed to be shrinking back into the corner now.

"Why are they hiding like dogs that did something wrong?" I ask and her grace giggles hysterically at that and the King turns his head away.

"What did the king do this time?" I ask and the Queen made a really surprised expression as she spoke.

"He acted like a father, he scolded them and everything! Actually he even gave them a punishment, and everyone was terrified of the way he was stalking around furiously, he probably would have went to town himself if they'd let him! No surprise though, he did vow to protect Matt's bloodline, and his son is actively obstructing him. I thought there might be bloodshed when they stopped him from joining the search." I looked at her and then the King before I finally spoke.

"Are you sure it's his Majesty and not an imposter?" The king looked like he'd been hit and his ears went further red. It was so funny, I almost teased him again. I turned my head to face the boys and then tried to get down, but the king held fast and refused to let me down, despite strong protests.

"You just recovered, and we all thought you were dead. Your going to sit there like a good girl understood?" I sat and sulked in his arms before the queen called to the boys to come over to talk to me.

"Oh for petes sake what are you two doing? Come here now!" The two hesitantly looked at one another before walking over timidly.