After a long walk through different wings and chambers and a plentiful flight of stairs, they arrived at the queen's resting chambers. A room set apart from the Castle and equipped with everything a sick person could need, treatments were what the queen relied on.
"You may leave" the king spoke but Alice could not tell who he was talking to. The room was so dark, it cast shadows everywhere.
"Yes my Lord" said a middle aged man who stepped into the light long enough for Alice to recognize him as the head of physicians in the Castle. It felt good to know that her mother had the best hands looking after her for whatever good it would do the dying queen.
As soon as the door to the room was shut behind King Albert, Alice and the Queen, both of them advanced towards her with her, with the king taking the lead.
