Lady Melissa loved to be in control, although she didn't show it much of the time, usually not wanting to deal with all the burdens a person had to deal with by being the one in control.
It was like the number of burdens the King had to deal with every day simply because he was the King.
Lady Melissa wondered how many unimportant visits the King had from numerous nobles every day, asking his help on useless problems that could have been sold if they used even a tiny bit of their brain, not as if it was Lady Melissa's problem though.
Lady Melissa loved seeing others feel weaker; and being more submissive, knowing who truly was the one in charge and in control of everything, was a huge ego booster for Lady Melissa.
Lady Melissa spent the next two hours of the trip in silence, as she thought about a numerous number of topics, the main one being about the hunting event, but more specifically about Duke Alphonso and the assassination attempt.