His massive hands cover me back up and I study the shape of his long fingers. "I guess Emily has to be dealt with sooner rather than later."
He nods in reply, "I also have to arrange for her room to be moved next to ours."
"I think it's the only way, Dominic. The only way we'll for sure be able to watch her every move."
"I agree," he pushes off the bed and stands, "Although, I doubted it at first. But you allowed your instincts to guide you-as you should have."
"I just did what the Council told me to do."
He walks over to the door, "You trusted them, and you trusted yourself. That is the first step in leading your people with honorable intent-the way a true queen should." He pulls up on the latch, "Go back to sleep," he says, his voice slightly louder than a whisper, "Victoria will be
