Avice sat in her room and for the whole night she was unable to wink an eye. Nervousness rippled through her and she would shudder every now and then. She cried and cried until her eyes were swollen and red. She wanted to go to her son, but the guards didn't allow her.
Avice was surprised that even Angus wasn't coming to her. But she suspected that they weren't allowing Angus to come and meet her. Was it because they were going to take her out of the palace all chained up in a cage like an animal and parade her into the village till the place where they would hang her? Surely, they wouldn't want her son to accompany a criminal. Avice howled at the thought. She had come to the palace because she wanted to live a life of luxury, but if God gave her one more chance, she would go back to her house in the village and hole up in there with Drogo and Angus. She wouldn't even see the face of the palace.
