'What?!' Dane's heart lurched. Stunned, he stared at Darryl blankly. He was at a complete loss for words as the panic coursed through his blood. 'Did he address Her Majesty by her name?'

"Darryl!" Ileana shot up happily from her throne and quickly walked toward him. She sized him up before she said, "It's really you! You're not dead! This is unbelievable!"

She was overjoyed. She had always been the cold and aloof type, but she showed a different side of her to Darryl.

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