Emily's pov
The king and the queen looked like two deities who came down on earth to mingle with ordinary mortals. That they wore extremely casual clothes and greeted everyone by their own name certainly didn't ease my confusion and shock.
Xavier smiled broadly and strode over towards them, hugging them.
"Mama" he smiled. "Vati," then he said to his father. "Was für eine tolle Überraschung!"
"What are they saying?" I asked George, completely shocked by how Xavier's voice had changed as soon as he'd started speaking German. I had never heard him do it, apart from that time when he'd woken up next to me in the hospital, but then his voice was thick with sleep... so it wasn't the same.
"Just greeting," George shrugged.
"We're sorry it took us so long to get here," the kind apologized -
