Elena POV
“Filthy thing?” I repeated quietly, gaining the attention of the entire hall, “you should be a bit more kind to someone who served you perfectly for over twenty years, shouldn’t you Vanya?”
“Served me?” She gasped, her eyes flashing, “she was merely a servant who hoped to impress me with her services whenever I visited the palace, I can’t accept the claim that she served me Luna.”
I chuckled lightly, “she even went as far as calling me a placeholder for you, yet you won’t even allow her to touch the hem of your dress?”
The entire hall let out a collective gasp. “Placeholder?”, I heard someone whisper.
“Yes,” I smiled lightly, “placeholder. The cook here, seemed to believe Vanya would return to become the Luna and I would end up rejected or even imprisoned.
She sounded so s
