Dinner was over before she could blink an eye, and yes, the Queen of Hearts had survived it—no, not only surviving but more. Rosalyn Lockhart would consider it a success because she had placed the Noble Houses in their proper places—and the look on the face of the Eris girls was satisfying.
She had no need to have another person by her side to support her, she could handle it all by her own. That was what she had always done, how it always has been. Her and her alone to handle everything in her hands.
"Your Majesty!" the voice of Alexander Hartsmichdt came from the Royal Dining Hall.
