King Harvey quietly takes a seat beside me in his office as I stare at the treaty I am writing up. I have been sitting with it all day, oscillating between feeling as if my words will fall on deaf ears, and pure joy that humans will finally have a voice.
Will both sides listen to me?
King Harvey interlocks his fingers with mine. “Elena, you are doing wonderful. Please, do not stress.”
“What if they do not listen?”
King Harvey tilts his head to the side. “Plenty will not, but once it is law, they have no choice but to follow. Many will, and those that don’t will be punished. It is nothing new, Elena.”
“Yes, I know laws are important, but if there is a massive push…”
My husband brushes the hair out of my face with a gentle and steady hand. “They will not defy me.”
“King Harvey!” Beta
