“I wasn’t even at that damn ball, how dare you point your finger at me!” Shouts Minerva. “There are plenty of snakes in that pit of yours who can do your dirty work. Who knows, you probably promised the poor soul something you don’t have to offer.” “You know nothing, Yrsa. And when you realise that you are wrong about me, I will laugh in that smug face of yours!” “Okay, that’s enough, you two.” Sighs my father, shaking his head. “And that’s exactly the problem with this place, why I left all those years ago, you’re too spineless to deal with the problems that you invited into the Palace. If you don’t stand up and be a King before your heart stops beating, this Kingdom will go to hell!” My mother bangs her own fist in the table. She is so angry, I can practically see the stea

