A cold silence followed the Princess' words. Milena was very deliberately acting arrogant and provoking Ellias. She had noticed how he loved to flex his authority in any given situation nowadays, and she needed to make a clear stance. She was not to be ordered around like the other nobles. Fortunately, Milena was an authority of her own. She didn't fear the King's power as much as the other nobles probably did; she held almost as much as him.
"...So this is why you've been hiding," he grumbled, his green eyes on her belly.
"I don't know where your Majesty got the strange idea that I was hiding in any way."
"Really? Haven't you been ignoring all social events, then?"
"I've stepped back to leave the Queen the main stage. Unlike me, she actually loves those events. I've merely used m
