"Then let us be lost!"

He couldn't afford more than a few hours, and would probably be called away within the first. Never mind, life could wait, and they could sit among the flowers. Caeling went to the wall, and plucked an orange, which he tossed to Juliet.

He got one for himself, sat on a bench, and bit into it, lazing in the beauty of the garden.

It had been built generations earlier, but only in the previous few decades had it thrived. Cael's father had planted the bushes, and organised the pond and fruit trees in the early period of Rowan's youth. It was to be a going away gift to the queen, as his father was unable to be present as often as he would like.

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