"Is it because of Mary, Sir? She's gone, she did horrible things but she's gone.....shit!....I mean...I'm sorry," Katherine tried to reason with him but mistakenly mentioned a forbidden topic.
His eyes became cold the moment the name was uttered. His cold eyes fell on Katherine who wanted to dig a hole for herself. He walks closer to Katherine without lifting his eyes from her.
"My decisions have nothing to do with people, Katherina, it has never. I just don't want the council's head lurking around me which he had been doing since I fired the town's magistrate. And I have tasks to do outside town. Honestly, I don't want guests."
"She isn't just any guest, Sir. She had something with her, Bernard's seal on a letter,"
King Magnus quickly diverted his eyes to the letter in Katherine's hand. He took it and promptly ran his eyes through the content.
