"Let's Go the other way," Lenora heard her brother's harsh voice.
Running back into her room, she closed her doors and sobbed covering her mouth with the back of her hand.
She remembered when her mother brought him to the palace saying he was her brother. She felt happy… During his transformation from human to vampire, Lenora took care of him. She was worried that he might die due to the intensity of the transformation as he was one of the youngest transformed vampires.
He took care of her, and they both played along with their other sister. But in the end, they returned to the start as strangers. At least, Strangers have some respect and pity towards each other. But… he has nothing but hate. Lenora thought she was no longer affected by her brother's hate. But… she was still affected.
Wiping her tears clean, she walked towards her bed and slumped on her bed not caring about her manners.
Waking up, she realized she was in her old wing. In her habit, she walked here. Getting up, she neatened her clothes and walked to her new wing. She saw there were new maids, they were busy cleaning the room and adjusting the clothes. Lenora saw the untouched dishes on the table beside her bed. But she said nothing, she went to the bathroom and splashed cold water on her face.
Walking out, she saw the maids were acting all obedient. She didn't see the maids in the morning. A small faint smile formed on her face, which she easily covered in seconds.
"My Lady, Shall I reheat the dishes?" a maid said to her.
Lenora opened the plates of the dishes and frowned. "Let the kitchen staff remake the dishes again," Lenora said. The maid wanted to say something but when she remembered Eudora's warning she shut it again.
"Tell them… if they can't make the dishes properly from now on, I will be sharing my every meal with the Queen Mother," Lenora said.
The maid gulped and went away taking the dishes away.
Indeed, fallen queen, former queen, once a queen… despite all they were still a queen. And Lenora was still a princess of royalty.
The other maids ducked themselves away from her and continued to do their work. She was really scary as the rumors said two years ago.
After nearly forty-five minutes a maid and two people from the kitchen came along with the dishes.
When the kitchen staff heard the maid's words, they shivered. They thought they could create problems for the princess. But looks like, creating trouble for her was equal to creating trouble for themselves.
They quickly started cooking with the readymade items they had and reheated the dishes which were good to eat. The chef sent two people from the Kitchen to accompany the maid to Lenora's wing.
"This dish is a reheated one," it's not a question but a statement.
"Looks like my words hold no account. Hmm... I will be sharing my meals with the Queen Mother from Lunch," Lenora said.