Trigger Warning: Assassination Attempt

Chapter 9

Eira was blissfully almost alone, well as alone as one could be in a palace full of employees, guards, and one of her stepdaughters, who had remained while Syris took Marie on his annual tour of his Kingdom. 

“Mother? Are we not doing lessons today?” Myra asked, her voice calm as she peaked her head inside the newly redecorated nursery where Eira was sitting in a green silk nightgown, her...