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

remembered Bowen mentioning how famous their dishes

soon

Bowen wasn’t lying.

had

to their evening prayers after eating,

the two

snowfall, they could barely make phone calls, let alone online gaming. With no real entertainment options, sleep was pretty much

avoided wandering off and instead

it was just

air was biting cold, and the priests lived a simple life, without heating or air conditioning, except in this guest room. The priests here

warm air enveloped her. The chill from the snowstorm soon melted

from a single table, there was

had to abandon that idea. After all, sleeping outside in the snow wasn’t

her gaze conflicted. Standing beside her, a subtle, knowing smile

ask

Chapter 176