Author's Note: The following Drabble is based on an original character in the story The Prince and the Shepherdess.

Unexpected Trek

Uialel entered the room, capturing his gaze with an icy stare. Apprehension curled in Auros's belly. "What is it?"

"They are here," she told him, arching a brow.

Alarm tightened his chest as her meaning became clear. "Both of them?" Oh, please, not both visiting at the same time. Anything but that!

"Yes." She held his gaze, and he read her thoughts clearly. They would be his problem to manage.

"Dammit, Uialel! I'm a sheep farmer, not a lordling tender!" Auros exclaimed.

His wife glared.

Swallowing hard, Auros stood and strode to meet his future son-by-marriage and Elrohir's twin brother.