"Is your talk with Lady Elara done?" Reign asked.
"Yes, Your Highness, they are done," Arthur responded.
"What was it about?" Reign asked, and Arthur's eyes went wide. The emperor had never asked about his conversations with anyone before; it was very abnormal.
But nothing was normal when it came to Lady Elara, Arthur thought.
"We talked about Lady Catherine," he said, looking down as his ears burned.
"What is wrong with Lady Catherine?" Reign asked, looking up from his scroll and at Arthur.
"Nothing is wrong with her. I am planning to ask for her hand when this wedding is done," Arthur replied.
Clank! A utensil fell as they both looked to the door to find Renata standing there with her jaws wide open and a bowl of soup lying at her feet, and standing behind her were equally surprised Eldric and Rowan.
"How, when, how did it happen?" she said, rushing in and running to where they were standing.
