Riek's POV
"We're grateful ma'am." We greet her with a delighted smile.
"You're welcome, it's nothing." She waves to the waiters to come pick the plates. They step forward, courtesy and act on the order. We were left alone after they left, and Sassaba asked them not to come back because we needed a private discussion.
"Yes, so what's your name? My bad, I forgot it."
"I'm Riek Adolphus."
"Just your first name though. I heard a whole lot you achieved as a teen and as a mother, girls like you are rare. I watched the paxon event from my palace here but that's not why I brought you here to have breakfast with you." She pauses, glaring at me and I sense she's expecting me to say something.
"What made you invite us?" I ask meekly.
"To deliberate on the issue you have with y
