For days the Queen stayed out of sight. She wasn’t coping with the news that the king was really sick. She wanted to believe all this time that all was well. Instead, the maidservants whispered throughout the palace about the queen's appearance, how she looked bewildered, consuming alcohol day and night.
She locked in her bedroom, being boisterous with the king. "What a fool I have been. You have been looking at me all these years, worried about what I was doing as if you were perfect. I even thought you were perfect! I never imagined you getting sick to the point of death. You are the king! Stop being so weak and get out of this slump and fight for Vance and me and our palace!"
“I’m leaving it to Vance to fight for us! For you and the palace!.” The king says, coughing and soundi
