Chapter 2

"They're only an hour away, what am I going to do?" Emerald panicked, pacing back and forth. I only watched her as Samuel slept on the couch, I ran my fingers through his hair so he would remain calm, even if he did wake up with a start. Emerald stood still and sighed, she ran her hand through her hair for the hundredth time before looking at me with panicked eyes. "Why do you think they want to speak to us all of a sudden?" she asked, frowning. I shrugged, "The whole kingdom knows of my engagement with Samuel, our wedding is in a month. They most likely heard of it and want to be there. Or...they want to make his life a living hell. If they even try to harm him in any way I will break their necks." "That makes two of us." she sighed. My parents heard of what their parents had done to them and already hate them, my mother was fully against abuse. My father was just disgusted with them, ranting about how if he sees them harm any of us then they can