10.

As we stepped off the plane, my senses were assaulted by the flurry of activity and all the confetti being thrown into the air around us.

“All hail the queen!” they called out, their voices ringing with a solemnity that caused me to wince.

I hadn’t expected anything grand and big like what I was currently experiencing. I had not even thought of expecting a welcome.

And then, as if on cue, they all bowed before me, their gestures a show of respect that left me speechless.

“All hail the queen!” They chorused again, head bowed down with one hand pressed to the chest..

I stood there, frozen in place, my mind struggling to process what had just happened.

I’d thought Betnerd was just a small kingdom in the north, but I was shocked by the turn of events. Even when Chase told me about being a king here;……