CARLY

This is not happening.

I put my hand that had touched my grandfather on my chest.

I had not even settled in. Everything just happened so fast, and now things in the palace, the cottage, and the manor were changing. Staff was juggling a lot, and I’d never felt more useless.

We were supposed to take a break for a moment to mourn, and it seemed that was not the case here. As they said, life must go on.

Everyone was back in business, even if it was declared a national holiday until the Late King was sent to his resting place. Not in this place.

For most people,...