"Laura perhaps you know how old is prince Philip?"
"I heard he is 26 this year my queen are you finally interested in him??"
I looked at her lost in thoughts and I couldn't bring myself to answer.
.....
2 weeks later
we've had arrived I felt suffocated entering the palace once more without my parent's presence there.
I saw grandpa on the balcony, he didn't seem happy at all, there was something strange about the palace and the whole country it all looked doom and gloom and no one else but the maids were there to greet me, my aunts didn't bother but my cousin George.
"Welcome back queen Victoria..the palace had been dull without you"
I smiled at him.
On my way to my room, I bumped into aunt Olivia and Katherine.
"Princess Olivia, you haven't returned to your house?" I was confused why is she still here?
"aah, the bold girl is back!"
she smiled and checked me with her looks then she left!
what's wrong with them?? how dare they??
I headed back to my room to change and then headed to grandpa's quarters.
"greetings grandpa"
"you are late!"
"I promised you a month and I'm here now"
"What are the urgent politic matters that you wanted me to come to sooner?"
"but then you didn't!"
"We had troubles on our way I'm sure prince Philip has already informed you!"
"yeah, about that boy do you wish to get married to him?"
"I promised you grandpa and I don't wish to break my promise"
I just remembered what I had put myself into, but I would never break a promise.
"no do you want him I'm willing to know about that!"
"Does this even matter??"
"say it do you want him or not??"
is he asking about my opinion?
"fine, I don't want him!"
"then you won't get married to him"
"what??"
"so the politic matters you came for are breaking the engagement with him"
what's with the strange attitude??
"...."
"We weren't close before Victoria and I don't want the situation to be like this in any future. I'm willing to hear your opinions and share talks from time to time!"
I was speechless then!
" Victoria?"
"yes, grandpa!
thank you for being so considerate!"
I said unfeeling comfortable about this at all! has he decided that on his own or had king Francis talked to him about that??
.....
"Laura I haven't seen Peter or lord Albert have you heard from them?"
"no my queen I've heard nothing."
strange peter would come to greet me maybe they're just too busy but I miss them. how far had they gone on their investigation? I lay in bed and laura went to sleep we were all tired it was such a long journey!
I could stare at the ceiling and think about king Louis I think I miss him!
I was turning here and there on the bed I put my hands under my pillow to find warmth. that when I put my hands on a paper.
I put the pillow on the floor and moved my hand on the bed to see if there was anything else but there wasn't, I stood to light a candle to see what the paper content contained a prescription I knew this ingredient I studied each!
it's written that those ingredients shall be mixed but it contained a drop of scorpion poison with the other herbs quantity it won't be enough to kill but enough to drive someone crazy!
who sent it??
is it lord Albert?
where are you??
but the thing is that this paper wasn't the only problem there!