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Adaria felt nervous when she was summoned to her mother’s chambers immediately after breakfast. The Queen didn’t usually skip breakfast, but that morning she didn’t appear, and Adaria had her breakfast all alone since King Nazar was having yet another meeting. As soon as she finished, her mother’s handmaid came to inform her that the queen had summoned her to meet in her chamber.
She could guess why she would want her there. It surely had something to do with their argument the previous day. But Adaria was in no mood to see her. She would rather postpone the meeting and face her mother’s rage afterwards.
So, she headed off to find Ophelia. She found her near the second floor study, where Ophelia seemed to be livid over something as she stalked through the halls. When she saw Adari
