"Your Highness-"
"Do not speak unless I ask you to," Ikaris silenced the woman with a mercilessly sharp tone, causing her to wince and lower her head in docility. "Do not cause trouble, that is all I asked of you; you were free to leave whenever you pleased, you had all the reasons to, I even offered you the opportunity to return to your husband, one which you declined from a sense of duty..." Ikaris shook her head, walking up to the woman who stood still with her gaze on the floor.
