~The palace of Astria~
"I cannot believe the fact that it was the princess' maid who was practicing black magic on her." He shook his head, "I refuse to believe the fact that that girl was involved in anything like that. I have seen her maid. She has been the most innocent person I have ever seen instead of this cunning one."
" You seem to know an awful lot about maids' brothers. Cunning or not." A lazy voice drew out and he gritted his teeth.
"Shut it!" Prince Lysar hissed out. "It is more than they are letting us know. How is it that in one day we were sent a messenger that the kingdom was in an emergency and the capital was in lockdown?"
Hixton shrugged. "What does not have me directly I do not care about that. Why should we care about what happens with the princess or not? You forget brother that she is married and a divorce woman is respected nowhere."