Chapter 428: Sidetracked
After days of traveling on the sea, Dani and Abel finally arrived at Valcrez. True enough, both she and Abel became so busy with their respective duties that they barely saw each other.
’How many days have passed since then?’
Dani had a pout on her face as she stared out the window, her eyes blankly aimed at the dove the queen had asked her to get.
"Looks like our Queen has been relaying rather important messages to Ebodia lately," Zaila commented as she leaned out the open window to look at the dove freely roaming around the palace.
Dani simply sighed. Like them, their Queen was also busy with her constant parades and charity works outside the palace. She was supposed to handle her schedule, but she chose Niran to do it instead for some reason.
"I feel jealous of them going outside. Last time, the Queen met with Laura and King Nikolai in our usual disguises," Zaila grumbled to herself. "I really hope we can all meet like old times soon. I mean all of us. You, me, Niran, Laura, and Krisha."
"I’m sure we all can go out together soon," Dani casually replied.
"We’ll see about that. But look at you zoning out. What’s going on with you?" Zaila teased, making Dani’s expression sour. "Are you perhaps having some wedding jitters in advance?" She then chuckled at her expression and added, "Alright, I’ll be going now to avoid dying from your glare."
From there, Dani could only watch as her friend quickly wrapped up her work on some documents before quickly leaving her alone. Now left to her lonesome, Dani let out a frustrated sigh at being the only one left with work once more.
"I was told not to accompany the Queen in the parade to prepare for my wedding, but how can I do this alone?" Dani mumbled to herself, feeling a bit disheartened that Abel wasn’t around to share her burden.
Some time after, she then remembered she had to meet with Lord Gregory that day to check on the list of invitees for their weddings as well as to look at the invitations themselves. At the thought of seeing Abel, she rushed outside hoping to not be alone for longer.