The whole inner court was in a flurry as if the king went missing again. However, it was all because the council was summoned to the trial court, along with them. It was even put together in a few minutes at the insistence of the royal adviser. Rodnir even had to stop inspection and run to the throne chamber for it. However, when everyone got there, the king was nowhere to be found.
Vulcan looked around the chattering inner court members, Sonina visibly nervous beyond doubt. Sierra and Rosamund didn't find her and Kanaru earlier, so they had no idea what happened. Fran and her collaborators refused to stick together, only gazing at one another with wide eyes.
"Royal Adviser, with all due respect, what is going on? Why are we suddenly called here?" Ushka placed her hands akimbo. "We had to drop everything we were doing, and that meant leaving the king's clothes in the laundry room unguarded. No one even told us what this was about."
