Silver Creek ithaca

Oh, no. Had she offended the Prince? What if he never spoke to her again? …It wouldn’t be all that different from before, truthfully, but she would upset Thalassa! Then Makhai was gone. Korinna blinked a few times as she tried to rein in her scrambling thoughts.

She resumed cleaning up, hurrying off to some woody shrubs she’d designated as the Trash Bush. The debris disposed under its low-lying branches, she made a detour to grab some bluebells before returning to the den.

She placed the bluebells at the den’s entrance, and looked around uncertainly.

Um…Prince Makhai? Everything is clean now, Korinna called out. The Queen’s den is ready, too…um…

Normally, she would ask another, older servant to review her work. The Queen’s brother seemed a logical substitute.