Mayor, Mercy - Mine Forever (The Perrines 1) [Avidbook, Mainstream MF Conetmporary Romance] Chapter Eleven “Your highness” a guard bowed then, “the Queen, your mother wishes to speak with you in her private parlor immediately.” Shane glanced up, spotting the guard who had interrupted him from the paperwork he was sorting through in the private study of his bedroom. Giving a brief nod, he said. “Tell her I’ll be but a minute.” The guard snapped his salute and exited the study. Shane wondered what his mother had to say that was so urgent and could not wait. Not that he could blame her for being the first to reach out. Since his arrival, he’d made it a point to avoid seeing her alone. He wasn’t harboring any grudges. It was just that he didn’t want their first real conversation to be