Raven slipped her arm around Karla. "If you had known how busy being Queen would make you, would you have taken another path?" she said teasingly.

Her tone was a little more serious, though, when she asked, "Have you heard from Warren?" The time difference between Glacia and Warren's world meant they shouldn't be alarmed that he'd been gone for so long, she knew, but a little assurance would be nice.