A Nation ForgedChapter 15
Catty woke to the sound of someone knocking at the door. The room was dark. She was sleepy. Deciding Royalty had its privileges, she closed her eyes. The knock came again. "Stupid Poles..." She knew it wasn't Far, or one of her other guards. They would have just entered, as anything worth disturbing her for would be important enough to ignore her privacy. Only humans would wake a Queen, expecting her to get up and answer the door in the middle of the night for something petty, stupid....