"Your Wendigo Inn could not have foreseen the actions of the kitsune criminal. However, members of the Royal Family were still put in danger," King Juniper states.
"They didn't know we're royals," Berry protests.
"Irrelevant," Queen Hyacinthe says, fluttering her wings. "Therefore, a price must be paid. For one week, you shall live as members of the Pixie Court. You shall be put to work serving our people. You are not masters of the Wendgo here. You are our subjects."
My world spins.
I can't possibly have heard what I just heard. Did those words really come out of his mouth?"
Berry's face falls. I suspect she knew what was coming but hoped her parents would change their minds.
Gram and Gramps hold hands. "Isn't that a little harsh?" Gram asks. "They can't be away from the inn for a week."
"Do you have incompetent people running it?" King Juniper demands.
Gramps' shoulders sag, and he shakes his head. "No. We have family running it."
