As the celebration continued, people were having fun and interacting with each other. At the far end table, Claire sat with Eleanora and Catherine, the two ladies worryingly stared at Claire, who had been drinking ever since they'd arrived at the hall.
"Claire...I-I think that's enough_"
"Shut up, Catherine! You can't tell me what to do...that treacherous, liar of a queen promised me, she...She said he will be mine...but..." Claire's eyes filled with tears as she watched how the crown Prince was pleasantly talking to the bitch. That was supposed to be her place, but that Arabella took it from her again.
