76: Zara has returned

"It's queen Zara," the person yelled, pointing toward her direction, and everyone gasped, twirling in the direction the person pointed.

They were all gobsmacked. They couldn't believe their eyes. "Is it an imagination or is queen Zara right in front of us?"

"Zara!" Carl and king Alan called at the same time, striding toward her.

"Father, Carl," Zara also called, climbing down from her horse to go meet them. Once they got to where she is, King Alan embraced his daughter, with teary eyes. "Zara, where were you? we all taught something happened to you," king Alan said.

Zara pulled away from the hug, giving her father a sad smile, "I'm sorry, I made you all worry, but I swear that it wasn't intentional," Zara replied.

King Alan nodded. He wanted to ask Zara her reason for going missing for several days, but he decided against it, once he saw the impatient look Carl was giving him. He decided to give the husband and wife time to talk.

King Alan stepped aside, leaving the way for Carl