"Your highness, it's time." Symund spoke from behind Uther, bringing him out of his thoughts.
Another council meeting was waiting for him at Skarlax but instead of getting up immediately, his eyes lingered some more on a sleeping Kaida. He was hesitant to leave as always. The thought that she might not be there when he came back kept him by her side longer than he should have stayed. Especially that Telarion was not like Uthlon. Around his father's castle, danger lurked in more places than it ever would at Uthlon. Not everyone who smiled at him was a friend. That included his own family.
The early morning light cast a shadow on Kaida's face making her look a little more peaceful. Her chest was rising and falling with a precise rhythm and some colour was beginning to return to her face w
