Dedicated to: CoralXReef13

Bloom POV

Sky left this morning, I am still unsure what was wrong that night. When he seemed fearful, someplace else at that moment.

Now I am in my study, trying to sort out some stupid paperwork on shipments that have been sent some place that it wasn't suppose to from Linfea. Eve comes in sooner then later, and like me she has a curious face.

"Your Majesty, you have a visitor." She announces and I put my pen down and furrow my eyebrows, I am not expecting anyone today." Its King Jinger of Romulea."

I stand up from my desk, now slightly concerned about what King Jinger could be doing here." Did he say why he came, on such short notice?"

Eve shakes her head." No , you majesty."

I step out, and around my desk." Is he in the meeting room?" I inquire already moving towards the direction of the meeting room.

"Yes your majesty, Samara although is already there." She answers and I nod my head. I make it to the meeting room, the big white doors a jar open as I can hear the voices of them talking.

"Thank you Eve." I say with a smile I can muster before she smiles back with a slight bow and is on her way. I take a deep breath, and open the left door to walk in.

The meeting room is quite large with a long length table that stretches out through the narrow room. Surrounding it are white large chairs and I recognize two of them occupied by Samara, Sky's mother and King Jinger.

They both stand when seeing me and King Jinger, gracefully steps out from his chair and walks to toward me. I am nearly where he was sitting and we share a small bow.

"Queen Bloom, it is good to see you are well." He says it sincerity, a almost a slight edge to it.

"Thank you, King Jinger. I must say it is a bit of a surprise to see you here." I say taking a quick glance at Samera who seems just as puzzled to see him here as I am.

King Jinger puts on an apologetic smile." I am sorry to intrude, but I was hoping to meet with you husband." He states before gesturing behind him to Samera." But I have already heard that he is on Hypoid, attending other business."

"Yes, that is correct." I say, trying to get rid of the edge in my voice, something just feels off about this situation. But me being a queen now, I encage a lot more of my own self, I have had to learn the second language of 'pleasantries.'

King Jinger smiles a hopeless smile, sighing." I see my journey here is short lived, thank you for your time Your Magiesty." He turns and bows to Samera." My Lady."

"King Jinger?" I question, regretting this already." Are you sure there is something I could help you with today, I hate your journey to be a complete waste."

He seems to contemplate this for a few seconds." Well, I really came to apologize to your husband on the past meeting we have bad on trading business."

I gesture for him to sit and he smiles before going back to his seat and I follow after, sitting on the end of the table, the empty chair beside me is where Sky normally sits." I am assuming this is about wood supplies?"

King Jinger nods, clasping his hands on the table. I notice out of his usual bright robes and color woven shirts, that a black onyx ring is slipped on his pointer finger, and odd color for him to be wearing. "I wanted to reassure him that, Romulea is going through some hard times, and we can not afford the travel tax. Hypoid being our neighboring planet is very efficient for us."

I force a soft smile, nodding in understanding." I know your choice was for your planet King Jinger, As was Sky's as well. We have also hit some hard times."

"Yes, I have heard of these attacks on some of the smaller villages here on Eraklyon, I understood why you needed building materials." King Jinger says." I suppose my deed is done here for today, I hope you can pass this on to you husband."

"Of course , thank you for taking the time to come here." With that we smile and we stand and start heading out of the meeting room, half way to the door before Samara speaks.

"Oh, and congratulations on your new daughter King Jinger." Samara smiles and King Jinger bows. I hadn't realized his wife had the baby so soon, I only saw her pregnant a couple days ago.

"Why thank you."

" Congratulations from me as well, and good health to the mother and the child." I say, being polite as possible.

"I will tell her myself, I also must say how well you look Queen Bloom." He states and I tilt my head to the side not quite following, he smiles softly before continuing." I heard you collapsed during the ball, I assume you are feeling better."

I feel myself go rigid, I assume that people know. I just wasn't expecting the question. I gulp, and pushing the ball of panic down my throat." Yes, nothing rest couldn't cure." I give a soft chuckle and he returns it, although I feel the hard stare of Samara on the side of my face.

"That is good to hear." He responds, although it seems his eyes say it is beyond anything he could have hoped for. A secret diverging in his eyes that doesn't seem right. Like he knows something he shouldn't, that I shouldn't even know.

After that I lead King Jinger back to his ship, say a pleasant good bye before heading back to the castle. I find Samara waiting for my return, although I think we both wish to speak to each other of something different, me, on how weird was that!?

We head to a small lounge room, were most of the time I find Samara reading by the window seats that face the royal gardens.

"Samara?" I question her name first as we both sit down on one of the lounges. " Did you find that visit odd, I mean wouldn't Sky traveling to Hypoid be public knowledge."

She takes this information in, before considering her thought." I suppose, but King Jinger is a busy man he might not have realized, he just had another child and Romulea is going through some tough changes."

I nod along, all good points but I still cant get those fake looks King Jinger gave, something that left a bitter taste in my mouth, and that wasn't from vomiting this morning." I suppose…"

"So…." Samara drags out, and I notice that look in her eye." Is everything all right, I haven't seen you since the ball."

She's coaxing around, but I think deep down she already knows, but I just feel bad because Sky and I wanted to tell people together, and this is Sky's mother.

"Yes, perfectly fine, just overly stressed. Caused a bit of a panic attack." I state she nods along, but she isn't going to let this go.

"Why were you stressed?" She inquires tilting her eyebrow up, backing me into a tricking situation.

"Um…well." I fumble on the words and I see her leaning on the edge of her seat before I let out a heavy sigh and a hopeless giggle." I am guessing you know why?"

Samara beams before throwing her arms around me." I am going to be a grandmother!"

I laugh with her, happy to see her smiling. Over the years she has gotten better, but I will always feel responsible for her having the invisible wound of grief on her because of what happened to Erendor.

" Yes, just please pretend you don't know, Sky wanted to tell you when he got back." I plead and she smiles with and understanding nod.

"Of course, I just had to make sure." And after that Samara had all sorts of question on the pregnancy and we talk about baby things for the rest of the day. It distracts me from the nagging thought that has formed in my head from King Jinger's visit.

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