Sonia, Contessa's personal maid hand over the cloak she has prepared for her and puts on the other one as the two journeys outside the palace and soon came to a dark corner where two guards are waiting with horses for them.
The both of them get on the horse and ride away in to the dark night and soon arrive at a temple not too far from the palace, one of the priest came to meet them and gives them a lantern before going away with their horses.
Sonia waits outside the building while Contessa proceed inside and walk a few steps to the end of the Westside of the temple and opens the room then she sat on the floor waiting for someone
The person she is waiting for soon arrive with a dangerous looking man holding a sword behind him and black curtain seperates the both of them creating a distance
The priest sat down and poured some tea for Contessa which the swordsman, Elias brought for her
"Why are you here after disobeying me?" the priest questioned his tone revealing that he is angry with her
"The king punished me by sending me to the temple outside the city, I barely managed to pretend to be sick to get off with an house arrest" she told him
"Why are you here then? You should be in the palace serving your punishment, what if the king find out about your visit?" He scold her
"Is that all you can think of?" she retort disappointed and heard a long sigh from him
"What do you want?"
"The king is aware of my involvement in the late Queen's death, I think we need to put our plans on hold for now" she said
"I am sure he is not planning to do anything about it" he respond after a minute has passed
"You know how suspicious he can get, if there is any mistake again then he might really find out about what is going on" she said panicky and drinks from the tea in front of her.
"If only you didn't expose yourself to her her then this wou…"
"Stop!" he snaps at her and murmur some words for forgiven to the god
"You are the one who took actions without consulting with me first and now that it has happened let's forget about it"
"How are we going to deal with the new Queen?"Contessa queries and he remain quiet for a few seconds again pondering on her words
"Edgar is really daring, I can't believe he gets married to another wife after losing three" she continues and smirk viciously
"How about we let Valerie deal with her? After all she is nothing without her family power" Contessa asked again
"Don't touch her yet, we haven't gotten an important key from her and she is definitely tougher than the other Queens" he said and makes a chant for a long minute before he continues
"If we delay in our mission then the dragon will get angry again" he told her and Contessa nodded as she finish up her tea and leaves back to the palace with Sonia.
**+*
Davina changes out of her white attire after a week, she hasn't heard anything from the King's quarters since the last time she went there and decide to switch to another color.
She picked a purple silk gown and let down her hairs with golden jewelry and a light makeup.
Rumors has been flying around the palace with different guesses as to why the king hasn't left his quarters for a week since their wedding and the Queen mother came out of her detention to run the affairs of things.
Davina sighs and took a seat in front of the mirror and her maids help to massage her hands and toes.
Madam Allison comes inside with lots of maids who line up with different boxes in their hands, Davina turned her face away from the mirror when she saw them and stood up from her seat.
"The Queen mother hasn't given us any order yet so these are the little outfit, jewelries, gold and supplies we can afford in the gold palace" madam Allison said
Davina widened her eyes at the sight of the fortune called little.
"I won't need this much clothes anyways, I have the ones I bought from home" she told her.
"I already have those sent back, you can't wear anything else except things provided within this palace walls and here is your home from now on"
"You did?" Davina asked and turn to her maids who also had no idea.
"The only thing you are permitted to bring into the palace is servants as much as you like..."
"They are not things" Davina interrupts but she continues anyways.
"The wedding was done in a rush and a lot of things haven't been taken care of, I will be teaching you everything you need to know for the next few weeks" she informed her and asks the maids holding the boxes to go out.
Speaking of the Queen mother, Davina never get along with her in the past and hearing about her now remind her of how much she really dislike her in the past
"Do you have something else to say?" Davina asked as she noticed that Allison is acting reluctant
"Do you have any plan on how to counter Consort Valerie? The Queen mother will definitely not let you off now that she is back in position" Allison told her
Davina didn't think much about her actions when she punishes Valerie; she just couldn't stand her arrogance and wanted to tone her pride down
"What did you suggest?" Davina asked
"Thinking of your situation and the fact that your family just suffered a terrible fate, It will be hard for you to survive in the palace expect you have the support of the King" she answered.
"Is there no other way?" Davina asked, currying up to a man she stabbed doesn't seem like a good choice
"If you become a part of the court" Allison said
"What do you mean become a part of the court? That is a punishable offence" Davina asked
Isn't it forbidden that a woman should join the court or even stand around when the court session is on
"Your Majesty, there is a seal that belongs to the first Queen to be crowned in the palace, once you get that seal then you can wedge power in the harem and court" she explained
Although Davina doesn't really know what she is talking about but she listened carefully, perhaps there could be a way for her to get rid of the trouble coming for her in the palace
And possibly find out the cause of the death of Harriette and the other two queens who died in the palace before her.
She might be able to restore her father's name and family reputation.
"How powerful is this seal?"
"Powerful enough to terrify everyone in the palace including the King"
...
'Can such thing exist?' Davina wondered
"But it's impossible for you to get her hands on it, no one as been able to except the first grand Queen Julia"
"The first Queen?" Davina thought, that will be more than five hundred years back and she is not even on a good term with the king or anyone in the court or harem.
"Is there any other way?" Davina queried quickly giving up on the thoughts
"It's either the king falls in love with you or you do something meritorious enough to get power"
"Something like what?" Davina asked curiously as she thinks she might have a chance
"Putting your life on the line for the King" Allison said and Davina immediately shook her head and dismiss her
There is no way she will put herself in danger because of Edgar and worse is to want him to fall in love with her when she wants him dead, wouldn't that be shooting herself in the foot.
She will just have to play it by ear and wait till she gets summoned by Edgar.
"Your Majesty Miss Sonia is here to see you" madam Allison said stepping in
"Who?" Davina queried from from June and Arya
"She is the maid in charge of the Queen mother's quarters" Arya answered her
"Let her in"
"Your Majesty" Sonia bows and two other maids with her enters and do the same.
"The Queen mother has requested for your presence immediately" she relay the message and Davina could sense her hostility as she fixes her eyes arrogantly on her.
"I will be there in a minute" she said already expecting a reaction from her
"I meant immediately, I am to bring you back with me" she said firmly
"How could you speak to the Queen in such manner? Even if you are the Queen mother's servant, you are still a servant" June caution her but Sonia scoff at them not scared at all
"We will see about that" she mumbles and motion to the maids with her to charge forward but Davina stops them
"I will go with you" she said to the surprise of Arya and June who already stood their ground in front of her
"Your Majesty!" Arya called disappointed but Davina touch her shoulder lightly to tell her it's nothing.
She has no power right now and no one to rely on in the palace then she has to be patient and overlook a few things like this.
"Let's go" she said to Sonia who keep her head high and led her out leaving her maids behind.