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“Wait… what?” Emersyn let go of Drakes hand, “Where?”
“The Onyx Kingdom.”
“Shit…” Emersyn grabbed her phone from the side table, “I’m calling Sarifena. She needs to hear this.”
“Queen Nite said the journal showed up at the Castle door. A maid found it and brought it to the Queen.”
“Has she opened it?”
“I do not know.”
“Call her, Captain. Find out if she has opened the journal and read it.”
“Yes ma’am. You had news as well?”
“It’s not important,” Emersyn waived her hand, dismissing him.
“That looks important.” Alex spied the gigantic rock on her finger. “Congratulations, Drake. I see she said yes.”
Emersyn blushed, the phone pressed against her ear.
“Said yes to what?” Sarifena spoke into Emersyn’s ear.
“Um… Drake asked me to marry him.”
“Oh my, GOD, Emersyn. Congratulations! Is that why you’re calling?”
“Yes… no… kind of.” She sputtered. “Onika has the journal.”
“How did she get it?”
“It was delivered to her castle – left at the door with no note.”
“Shit. She’s going to know. I need to call her, Emersyn. I’d rather her hear it from me.”
“I agree. Plus, you can tell her about my engagement.” Emersyn paused. “although we haven’t set a date yet. I don’t want to do anything until we hear about Dimitra. It would feel wrong to marry with her missing.”
“Stop, Emersyn. Dimitra would want to see you happy.”
“I know, but I want to wait.”
“Fine. We can start planning together. Lord knows we need something happy to think about beside this mess.”
“Call Onika. See what she says.” Emersyn glanced at Drake, “I need to know what else she finds in that journal.”
“Will do. I’ll be in touch. And Emersyn,” Sarifena spoke, “Congratulations. I’m happy for you.”
“Thank you. Let me know what you find out.”
Emersyn disconnected the call, “Well. That’s it. It won’t be long before this gets out. Maybe we should tell the other queens everything.”
“No,” Drake tugged her into him, “Let’s wait and see what Onika does first.”
“I have a bad feeling about this.” Emersyn buried her head into his shirt. She inhaled his cool crisp scent and closed her eyes.
“It doesn’t matter. We will stand with you no matter what. Now…” Drake hugged her tight, “We should tell Cassie the news.”
“Definitely. Alex,” Emersyn glanced at the captain, “Would you two join us for dinner?”
