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"Maybe she’s really protective of her family," Skye offered
Cordaye huffed "It’s not like we haven’t seen the way she drinks I could smell it on her"
"She’s always so nice on TV" Kelsa held herself, confused by the whole thing
"Listen," I said, "one of us will knohat it feels like to be queen Even froeable" I stopped to rub"For now, I think we should all avoid the queen as much as possible And let’s notpoorly about his ood for any of us"
"We’re supposed to ignore this?" Neeed "I can’t force you But that’s what I’ll be doing"
I pulled Piper close again, and we all stood there, silent I’d hoped irls over ined it would be a unanimous fear that would bind us like sisters
CHAPTER 6
I DECIDED I WOULD NEVER ask him If Prince Clarkson was intimate with Tia, I didn’t want to know And if he wasn’t and I asked, it would be like breaking our trust before we even built it More likely than not it was a rumor, no doubt started by Tia herself to intimidate the rest of us, and look where that landed her
These things were better off ignored
What I couldn’t ignore was the throbbing pain in my face Hours after the queen struckwith pain
"Ti me another wrap
"Thank you" I handed her the old one
When I ca to help with the ache,they would go immediately to the prince I’d told theirls A servant wouldn’t do it And as far as they knew, I’d been in the Wo, so that only left one option
They didn’t ask They knew
"I heard while I was fetching ice that the queen will be taking a brief vacation alone next week," Martha said, sitting on the floor bythe , my view equally split between palace wall and open sky
"You did?"
She smiled "It seems the nu has asked her to take some time for herself"
I rolled my eyes He yells about expensive dresses, then sends her on a holiday I wouldn’t coht now
"Does it still hurt?" she asked
I averted aze and nodded
"Don’t worry, one"
I wanted to tell her the pain wasn’t the real problen ofat best At worst it would be horrific
I tallied through what I knew The king and queen loved each other at one point, but now they worked to contain their hatred The queen was a drunk and consu, at the very least, was on the edge of a breakdown And Clarkson