Before The King's Verdict
King's Chamber
King Charles IV smiled as his wife, the Queen, helped him dress. He pulled her closed to him and inhaled her sweet scent.
"I love you. Do you want to go back to the South?" he whispered. The Queen smiled and smacked his shoulder.
"I know, and I love you too," she replied. "I'm still fine here. I wanted to be with you," she added. A sudden knock interrupted the couple's time. The Queen stepped beside her husband.
"Come in," King Charles IV said. His butler/assistant entered and bowed his head.
"Your Majesty, Her Highness," he said. The Queen nodded her head. The trusted butler looked at his King. The King immediately noticed what it meant and glanced at his wife.
"My Queen, I will excuse myself for a few minutes," he said and kissed his wife's
