The Next Step (Part 2)

After having a meal, the Queen invited the couple to her study room where no one would be able to hear anything from the outside. She knew that her son and daughter-in-law did not come just to have a meal together as a family. They must've come to ask her about something important.

The Queen told the couple to take their seats and ordered a maid to bring in a pot of Jasmine tea and three pieces of cups. After the tea had been served, the Queen locked the door and sat across the couple.

"Mother, I want to ask you something that happened many years ago. Do you remember when the delegates from Prazia came here before Concubine Jayda got pregnant with Odette?" Vaughn found no reason to hide anything from his mother and got direct to the point.

The Queen was startled when her son asked her about that time. She could still remember it vividly – as if it only happened yesterday. She sighed.