“Conrad…”
“Hmm?” he elevated his jaws to look at his mother.
“Can I not tell you?”
Conrad was stunned for a moment but then he chuckled as he recalled this exact scene from years ago when his mother was still with them in the palace of Lalin.
“Do you remember me?” She asked again.
“How can I forget. Elevated Queen of the Glacier, Snow” Back then when he realized he knew nothing of his mother’s origins he asked her and she asked back if she couldn’t tell him. All she told him was her true name, Snow, and her identity as ‘Elevated’ Queen of the Glaciers. Even Isabella didn’t know her real name, nor her status. Conrad felt familial affection for his mother and regardless of her status or strength, she was his mother. What Isabella felt, on the other hand, was respect and love, it was c
