“I will do so at once, Your Majesty.”
The servant bowed and left the room.
The King walked towards his desk and it was then that Titania rose to her feet and started to climb down the steps onto the floor.
The King looked at her in surprise.
“I did not know you were here, Titania. I suppose you have been finding yourself another book to read.”
Titania ran across the floor towards him.
When she reached him, for a moment the words would not come to her lips.
She could only look at him and he saw that she was trembling.
“What on earth has happened?” he asked. “What is the matter and why are you so upset?”
Titania put out her hand to hold on to him and in a whisper, which did not sound like her own voice, she told him,
“Prince Frederick is going to – murder you and – I too am – going
