Garrett nodded respectfully to the guards as he passed them, heading toward a place he'd sworn to himself he'd never go again. Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't be doing this. But now, he felt it needed to be done, as much as he regretted it.
Coming to the door, he drew himself up as straight as he could, and rapped on the wood. After a few long minutes, it opened, and Thanael looked at him with an expression both bemused and curious. "Well, isn't this a surprise?" he asked theatrically. "My new queen's guard, come to pay me a visit? And where is the fair maiden, Your Majesty?"
"Ari is still in Rosellia with her father," Garrett