How could she not have known?
The entire night had crawled by with the legs of an ant, and Verinia had found no solace in sleep. Only one cursed thought circled around in her mind, nagging her so infinitely that she almost lost her temper completely.
She hadn't known.
How could she not have known?
Hadn't she taken so much care to always be aware of what happened in the palace? Knowing the court was knowing the continent itself, yet she hadn't caught wind of this enormous event.
The most she had heard of any concern was that there were barbarians pillaging the countries in their neighbouring continent, but she had never once heard a thing about any internal strife.
New Oalta was a prosperous, peaceful country that was focused on development. They hadn't even participated in any war since the previous Tharwenn dynasty, because how could a country that was in its stages of rebirth be focused on any conflict?
