Sasha decided to ignore it all. “I’m so happy to see you! I’m gonna hug you. A lot.” All at once, the tempest around the King abruptly stopped. The leaves and twigs dropped to the ground with a muffled thud; the shadows fled back into the mist as if scared away by Sasha’s words. All three men turned to Sasha in shock. “What a truly dreadful thing to say,” the Shadow King said, clearly shaken. “I would prefer to have my face melted.”
