C35 Tarryn

I woke up to pounding on my door. Clive was gone.

My heart leaped to my throat. Ellie, my mother…

“Ms. Clayton?” A guard asked from outside the door. “His Highness the King is here to see you. It’s important.”

I glanced at the clock—it wasn’t even six a.m. “Just a minute.”

What the hell did the King want with me? Whatever it was, it couldn’t be good