THE queen was sitting behind the table when the cousins arrived in the office. Queen Alida was not surprised when she saw that her granddaughter was carried upside down by one of her grandsons. She heard them bickering in the hallway before they reached the office. However, when they entered the workplace, they stopped talking altogether. They behaved accordingly except for the only woman in the group who kept on hitting Joscef’s butt like she was playing the drums. Markos occupied one of the chairs in front of the table while Lorant sat on the other. Joscef placed Solana in the long chaise before he took the single couch. “Everything alright in the pack, kisbaba?” The sole woman in her generation turned to the queen. A smile was plastered on her lips. Her beautiful, blue eyes spar

