She reached out and touched the king's face, cupping his cheek in her hand.

"Just a nightmare," he said, his voice still rough.

The queen's voice was cool. "How embarrassing," she said, looking at his maimed arm.

The king looked up then, and followed her gaze. If it was embarrassing to wake like a child screaming from a nightmare, how much more embarrassing to be the reason your husband woke screaming.

-- The King of Attolia

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