ASTRID'S POV
I patted her back as she sobbed on my shoulders. I didn't even know the size of what happened to her. But I could feel her sadness. It radiated off her body.
"You aren't supposed to be hugging her highness this way," one of the maids tried to make her move. There was a bit of bad blood between them. She was new to this side of the house. This wasn't her duty. She recently joined due to the shortage of maids. I knew they were going to transfer her and take her back to her normal position.
"Please, I told her it was okay for her to hug me when she needed to," I explained as I noticed her grip tightened around my body, refusing to let me go.
"Should we go up? To my room? We can talk things out there, " I suggested, and she helped me with the little bag I held in my hands
