Several hours passed. Night has fallen.

Chad stood beside his king in front of Danika's bedroom. King Lucien has been staring at Danika in that unreadable expression of his, and they've been standing there for a very long time. More than an hour.

His face might be unreadable, but Chad could have sworn that there is banked-up rage in his eyes. 

The king had been coming back from his walk with the princess when he'd walked to him and told him everything that happened i