“I was quite young when my father took the throne. At the time, there was quite a lot of controversy around his marriage to my mother. But the kingdom flourished from their rule.”
Scarlett bit her tongue, refusing to make a face at that. She wasn’t sure if she’d use the word “flourished” to describe the impact of the current regime.
Still, unlike the king, she had little resentment for the late queen. She had died long before things had gone to sh*t within the kingdom. And, at least according to Scarlett’s parents, the queen had done her best for the people. Things would be in a worse state of disarray if she hadn’t been there in those early years to mitigate some of the damage done by the new laws.
And then she passed, and any hope the people had died with her.
“My mother got rather sick after giving birth to me. She never recovered, and her health just continued to fade over the years. When I was six, she finally passed.”
Rowan’s voice is quiet, distant.
