He had expected a letter from him, but had not expect it to come so quick. Richard wanted to see him—his words had struck their mark after all. He allowed himself a smile as he walked briskly to the meeting point. Was he not the queen in this game? Why, then, should he feel surprised?
Richard had thought about this for days and saw no reason to keep her there anymore. She wasn't eating properly, she was looking so fragile already. He could not bear to see her that way anymore and then the takeover, Vivianne had no brains to handle that—infact no one in the council had brains to handle that, it was just his Anna.
He had been thinking, 'there was no need to kill her. All he had to do was remove William from the picture. It was William he was after, not Anna.'
The man walked in quietly as always, he had kept him waiting. He did not have time for games today, "She would be released today, the card is in your hands now," he said walking out angrily.
