Anise stepped out of the room long enough to allow the two men to get dressed. As she leaned against the wall next to Jasper, she turned her head to face the man. "We're you aware?"
"Y-Yes," Jasper said with a look of concern. "The king asked me to keep it a secret."
"You're a good knight," she sighed.
The Queen was in disbelief; her son and the bard were comfortable in the bath together. She never would have dreamed her son would end up in the embrace of another man, especially when he had asked a beautiful princess for her hand in marriage.
Even so, she was surprised she wasn't as upset as she should have been. It was a forbidden affair, but at the same time, if the bard brought her son joy, she has no objections.
It made her wonder how many past royals might have had a special, hidden secret love with a commoner of the opposite gender. Her son couldn't have been the first.
