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The Fourth Son

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Is it possible to be so apprehensive and get to heave a sigh of relief?

His mother is nowhere to be seen, sedated after the death of her husband, and they are only confronted by his sisters and stepsisters.

As well as all the other dignitaries like the Chancellor and parliamentarians, justices, councillors, and selected citizens.

It’s brief because there are more documents to sign. And there’s going to be a welcome home banquet and no rest for the wicked.

Susie, yes we haven’t forgotten her, hasn’t stopped saying Oh my God, since she got on the plane, and that only increased in intensity from the plane to the castle.  She honestly believes she is in Disneyland.

I’ll try not to make it sound like she is.

Ruth is trying not to be overwhelmed, but she is beginning to understand a little of his world and how different it is, and realizing just how much it will impinge on their lives.

Hasn’t changed her mind, though.   Perhaps the thought of being a real-life princess is starting to crystallise in the back of her mind.