The Queen They Buried

Chapter 176

As it turned out, it wasn’t a joke her all

As they stepped out of the Rose Gardens, the snow was falling in thick, feathery flakes, blanketing the earth and sky in white, From the looks of it, tha bravy snowfall showed no sign of letting up anytime soon.

Aubree stood outside the church gates, her face clouded with worry as the ceaseless snow fell. “Bowen,” she asked anxiously, “is there no other way!

She’d prefer to avoid being in the same room as Bowen, if possible.

Bowen stood under his umbrella, snowflakes dusting his shoulders. “I’ll try to figure something out,” he said. “Let’s head back to the church for now. It’s freezing out here”

Bowen made a call, Meeting Aubree’s hopeful gare, he could only shake his head. “The snow’s coming down too hard. All the mountain roads are blocked. It’s just too dangerous to try heading down now.”

Aubree’s face immediately fell, but she wasn’t the type to make a fuss. Once it was clear they couldn’t go down the mountain, she accepted it with a wry sense of humor. “At least it’s winter, and I don’t have to worry about changing clothes at night. If it were summer, that’d be much more awkward,” sha remarked, trying to look on the bright side.

A priest approached and said respectfully, “Mr. Turner, the pastor asked me to let you know that the roads are dangerously slippery because of the snow, so it’s not safe to go down the mountain. The guest quarters we previously prepared for your father are still available and have been kept clean. Please stay overnight tonight.”

“Okay, thank you for your trouble,” Bowen replied respectfully.

for now. I’ll come to invite you

mentioning how famous

soon

Bowen wasn’t lying.

had a

to their evening prayers after

for the two of them to

and heavy snowfall, they could barely make phone calls, let alone online gaming. With no real

off and instead followed Bowen back to

“courtyard” was generous. The truth was, it was just a single room with a patch of open ground and a stone

and the priests lived a simple life, without heating or air conditioning, except in this guest room. The priests here had kindly turned on the air conditioning ahead

inside, warm air enveloped her.

single table, there was just a bed pushed flush against the

the floor, but now she had to abandon that

a long moment, her gaze conflicted. Standing beside her, a subtle,

go ask them for

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