I wasn't trying to be disrespectful to Prince Reinhold, my husband, I was just... You know... Thinking. I had a lot on my mind and... letting someone in was very difficult for me at that point. I had to deal with finding out that the face behind the mask was my folk, my family and she was ready and going to kill me. Why did she turn against me? And then I sent for the rest of them and they won't even come? What kind of a person have I been to the ones around me?
I got ready for the duel between me and Gazelle. So hard to process. After dressing up, before I left, I put my mother's scarf and tied it around my neck.
"Won't it disturb you?" Ghandi asked when he walked me to the battleground.
"It's my good luck charm." I responded. "One of us has to die today and if Gazelle could show up here and challenge me, then that one person will not be me." I said to Ghandi.
Ghandi smiled. "I trust you, Your Majesty." He responded.
