Queen Bethesda — Lusden Palace, South
The moment she reached her palace and her private chamber, Queen Bethesda quickly pulled off the maid dress she was wearing and threw it to the floor. Her movements were sharp, impatient. She was expectant, desperate, to hear the news about Isabel’s death.
She knew Isabel would be poisoned by now.
She had been present, following the cook as she walked into Isabel’s chamber, the chamber now placed next to the king’s room.
Bethesda had been shocked the moment she discovered that change earlier that day. When the cook had walked into the corridor that led to Lucas’s chamber, her jealousy had flared violently.
How could Lucas place a mere human beside his room?
It was becoming more than she could bear.
Not just for her, but for the vampires under hi
