"Your Highness," Rowan called the Queen in a low tone. A warning tone. But the Queen did not even glance at Rowan. The King too did not comment on the Queen's conversation starter.
Interestingly, Rowan did not call the Queen 'Mother'.
Seraphine saw Karen smirking. And the nobles at the far end of the table leaned over their bodies to hear the conversation. Everything was quiet and still. Not a single person dared to breathe loudly.
"I'm sure the sorceress you almost killed is not among the nobility," the Queen said again when Seraphine was still quiet, "But is that truly how a royal should behave? Rowan tried hard to cover the incident up. But I've got eyes everywhere and people talk."
The Queen scoffed elegantly–which impressed Seraphine–then added, "Are you going to always make peo
