I still couldn't wrap my head about what Mint told me yesterday, Olivia was targeted and it could be because of me, but who? Who would have done something as cruel as that to her? And why? I knew I was targeted once by the Nightshades. Cedric said it would have been an official who gave an anonymous tip to those assassins, but then I was targeted because of Cedric being next in line to the throne, could it still be the same? But it couldn't, I was no longer meant to be Empress, I wasn't of that political importance, but why? Why go after someone I care about rather than come to me directly?
Olivia's life wasn't worth it at all, she didn't deserve to die that way for something she didn't understand, my grip subconsciously tightened against my gown.
"Lady Sylvia, are you alright?" Alice asked worried beside me, she must have noticed how tense I was.
"Nothing... I'm not just feeling well" I said in a whisper.
"Are you coming down with something?"
