I heard her loud and clear but I was frozen in place trying to grasp the gravity of the news Maggie had brought with her . The King was dead . At last the evil , malicious , merciless and cruel king had passed on . There was no shadow of a doubt that the kingdom would be rejoicing the hardest they ever had at this blessing . Heck , I was not even in the kingdom for years and it felt like a weight had been extracted from my shoulders .
When I had finally found my voice , I swallowed audibly and I was very aware of Marco's expressionless , blank face facing in my direction . " How did he die ? " It did not come out sorrowful but sickly amused . I had nothing to be sad about . In fact , I was sure that no one would be mourning theate king .
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