Cleon smiled. “The queen sent him to his room.” Kel gaped at him. “She what?” “Oh, not in front of anyone,” Cleon assured Kel hastily. “They were in that tower of yours. I wouldn’t have heard if I hadn’t been using the, er, necessary that’s on the floor right below. The queen said if Raoul was going to squall like an infant cheated of a sweet he could go to his room until he grew up.”

