I was thrilled that the resolution passed but spent the next few weeks waiting for the bomb to drop. As expected, the king died. What wasn't expected was that Sigmund didn't immediately take his place like in the novel.
Mariela was about eight months along at this point and most of the nobility wanted to wait and see if her child would be a boy before making a decision on who the king should be. After that news got out, Rosenia came to breakfast the next day covered in barely-concealed bruises.
I actually felt a little sorry for her. She was petty but not scheming and hadn't done anything truly wrong aside from letting her power as crown princess inflate her ego.
It was a good thing Al and I hadn't visited the Kanta since I warned him because security at the palace tightened considerably. We couldn't even leave our chambers without being monitored.
