Lessja hardly made it back to her room without help. But the young sss was proud, and refused to show any weakness after her fight with Olga. René grabbed hold of her queen the moment she closed the door behind them. Lessja had used up all her strength and was about to collapse to the floor. But her young travel companion caught her under her arms and helped her to the bed. Although she also did not want one of her subjects to see any weakness in her, the young queen knew she needed the help. Once she rested on the bed for a while, Lessja focussed on her duties again.
‘We have dinner with Anushka tonight. Please fetch water and heat it. I need to take a bath. You also need a bath.’
‘Do you have enough strength to have dinner with her tonight? Should I rather tell her that we could not ma
