Annalise wasn't sure how she expected the Midnight Queen to react but she was surely taken aback when the latter suddenly burst out into a fit of laughter.
The time that her Mother-in-law took to calm down was enough to make Annalise get a headache from all the anxiety and nervousness she was feeling.
"Annalise..."
The sudden call of her name from the Midnight Queen pulled Annalise's attention toward the woman and at the very same time, she felt her heart dropping in a deep pit.
"... come here and sit closer to me, child." The queen continued as a servant placed a chair right next to the Queen's, at the head of the table.
Annalise's quickly looked at her husbands one by one and once again she felt Valerius giving her fingers a light squeeze in reassurance.
"Come on, Princess, don't make Mother wait, that's a very impolite thing to do," Damien whispered the words next to her ear right before he stood up to make way for Annalise.
