Twenty seven

We got to the Settlement which was one of the largest I have ever seen very quickly and instead of staying in a house provided for me, I optioned to staying with Sorens in his family home which was still there and his mother too. 

I didn’t know what I was expecting when he said I would see his mother but it was not a frail looking woman who looked like she was made of leaves and will be swept away by the wind if the air around her changed. 

“Mother.” Sorens hugged her tightly and I was tempted to yell at him not to break her but the woman smiled with tears in her eyes as she hugged him back. 

“My son.” She said as she placed a hand on his chest and he closed his eyes as if he was savoring her touch. 

When she removed her hand from his chest, she glanced at me and then at her son. 

“Who is this?” She asked. 

“The queen.” Sorens replied her and when she tried to bow, I stopped her. 

“You don’t have to do that