When Elise stepped inside, she saw a middle-aged woman resting in her bed and coughing slightly as a man attended to her. She didn't look like Loriel which made Elise feel surprised.
All this time, she imagined Loriel got his good looks from his mother. However, seeing Queen Maude in person for the first time, Elise thought the mother and son couldn't be any different.
The queen dowager had darker skin, red hair, and brown eyes, while Loriel had ash-colored hair and blue eyes.
Elise only realized later that her future husband's eyes were quite unique because they tend to change colors into silver when he was in a good mood, which didn't happen often.
"Your Majesty," the royal physician rose from his chair and bowed down to the young king. The queen however stopped coughing when she saw Elise and Loriel together.
