Chapter 9: The QueenImra is the apothecary when it happens. Soldiers march into their indoor garden and demanded that she leave with them. Kingraid hisses for his son to find the princes as she dutifully follows the soldiers out of the house. There's not much she can do other than abide by their law.
Outside, there is an older woman hidden beneath a large umbrella waiting for her. She catches the gaze of the older woman and flinches. She doesn't need to be introduced to know who she is. She curtsies politely, keeping her knees bent and her head bowed as she waits for permission to lift her gaze again. She doesn't want to look up, doesn't want to see what this woman looks like.
Everyone is so afraid of her that she has created an image of a monster in her mind.
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