King Jon's POV
"Sephora?"
There was no answer. I poked my head into her room. but she wasn't there. I wondered where she had gone off to, and if Joanna was with her because she was also not in the house. It was siesta time, the heat particularly thick and, making everyone and everything more sluggish and sleepy than usual. I had thought of sharing the siesta with Sephora. It was just two days without her but I felt like it was over a month. I couldn't deny the fact that I missed her so much. It was too damn hot to do more than sleep, and I did need Sephora to do that. I would rather not admit the truth that it was comforting to sleep with her beside me. It was something I could become very accustomed to.
The palace was silent. I padded through on bare feet, seeking the coolness of the s
