Bk 2: chapter four (21)

Queen Mother Raine dismissed her guests a while after Amie had left. Since she could not achieve her goal for inviting them, she lost all interest in the tea tasting. It did not take long after they had all left for her mother’s figure to flash in.

“Raine, What did you do?” Lady Teel asked.

“I see you are keeping me tightly monitored, mother.” Queen Mother Raine answered.

“Why are you trying to provoke that girl?” Lady Teel walked over and stood right before her. Queen Mother Raine only continued to sit and sip on her tea, as she dismissively looked at her mother.

“You fear that Krain name so much?” she said.

At this, Lady Teel glanced around the room and all the maids took it as their cue to retreat. Only after they were gone and the doors tightly shut, did Lady Teel look back at her daughter.

“It is that same Krain name attached to the Thraine prestige that keeps us safe from the ancients in this kingdom!” Lady Teel scolded.