"...Interesting," Queen Kathedra smiled. Theora stood in front of the Queen's desk. Once again, Her Majesty was in her bedroom robes, leaning back in her chair with incredible charisma. She'd had her breakfast—a cup of warm blood—brought up, and Theora, too, was sipping one after recounting the prior dinner to the Queen. "After that, the candidates who wanted to take part said so. That included Lady De Pristin, who said she'd contact her sister to arrange it, and Lady De Narcissus. The older De Winter sister was against it, and so were Lady De Banksea and Lady D'Orchid. The others didn't speak up, but I'm thinking Lady De Gardenia will abstain. I would think Lady De Camellia would donate too, but she seemed to dodge the subject." "She's waiting for the Duke's approval," Kathedra smiled

