She waved the attendant off and he ran quickly back the way he had come.
Jeremiah stood still and glanced over at me and I had no information to give to him. “Your Majesty, is there a matter that concerns you?” I remained standing before her and kept my head bowed, unsure of her temperament.
“I have received ill news.” She put her fingers on her lips and, for a moment, I thought I spied a world of trouble display itself in her expression. She stood from her chair and waved us toward her. “Follow me and I will show you.”
Two of the royal guards led her out of her private chamber and several others bade us follow them. In a far part of the castle, the queen stopped outside a door and we heard howling and crying coming from inside. The guards stood at attention beside the door and the quee
