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.

church for now. I’ll come to invite you for the evening

vegetarian meals Aubree remembered Bowen mentioning how famous their dishes were. She hadn’t expected to try them

soon

Bowen wasn’t lying.

had a unique

prayers after

fetched some warm water for the

and heavy snowfall, they could barely make phone calls, let

and

just a single room with a patch of open ground and a

said, pushing open the door. The mountain air was biting cold, 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 of time for their

Aubree stepped inside, warm air enveloped her. The chill from the snowstorm soon melted

from a single table, there was just a

but now she had to abandon that idea. After all, sleeping outside in the snow

stared at the room for a long moment, her gaze conflicted.

go ask them for another

Chapter 176