"Ask the portrait what you want, your majesty," the High Priestess waved towards the portrait.
"My queen," the woman in the portrait spoke, "what is it that you seek in the Hallowed Chambers?"
Elys' eyes widened in surprise. She did not expect the woman in the portrait to be able to speak at all. The young queen would be lying if she said her heart did not jump to her throat and threatened to run out of her mouth.
It was just a split second, but it did take Elys by surprise.
And as it is, the warrior princess turned queen kept a stoic expression on face. Only a trained eye and those with sensitive hearing could tell of her instantaneous shock.
It goes to say that both Aleksander and the High Priestess would have noticed it without even opening their eyes. The High Priestess Naya chuckled, and Aleksander bared his fangs in Elys' defense.
