The echoing steps of her shoes could be heard in the empty royal chambers, Queen Maeve Darktower paced round her chambers recalling the events of the past hour, all the maids who had stopped to watch the confrontation, the guards who were completing their hourly shift of the perimeter, the giggle that almost escaped Anessa's lips, the stares of her own guards as the Princess Asterlayna dared speak to her as though she was a nobody, she wasn't a nobody she was the damn queen, and she would see to it that she enacts her revenge. Of course, she could not do anything to Asterlayna, she would stay in the east wing and then when her stay is over, she will return back to Thalassia, to take her seat at her husband's side or rule in his stead.
Time and time again she had tried to bring the Princess Asterlayna to her side, the naval power of her house is formidable, and she would make a valuable ally, but she refused her yet again at every turn, so she made her an enemy of her. As the queen one would think she would have power over her, and in truth she did, but Asterlayna is cousin to the king. She had managed to outsmart her every time, but no longer… Maeve would proceed with her plans, eliminate the obstacle to the greatness of her house, and place her son on the throne.
For twenty years, House Darktower had been neglected from matters of court, the crown only coming when they needed medicines or scrolls containing ancient history, that is until her grandfather, Cedric Darktower was made the King's Consul, and she was married to the king. If the king dies and Anessa takes the throne, her house will return to insignificance.
She would not allow it. She has three sons, they would be the key to her victory. That and her future allies, victory would be hers and her house would flourish. She may not sit the throne, but her son will, that is enough. The Darktower legacy will continue and if the king willingly names Leonard as heir, it would sweeten things even more.