The Sword of the sun (2)

"What do you want to tell me?" The silence was becoming unbearable.

"Once I tell you this, you may never be able to trust me, my lady." Ylvia sighed, but that was not her only concern. She knew that as soon as she opened her mouth, she would be kicked out of the Itrusian castle. She would fear for her life if the lady she was serving was not Delaney. She was already lucky enough that her lady was too kind to want to kill her as punishment.

"Tell me." Delaney insisted.

"I know many things about Queen Penelope and one of them is her home and family." She revealed.

Delaney's eyes narrowed. That made sense. No matter how secretive anyone was, there was no way their servant of twenty years would stay in the dark for an eternity.

Ylvia expected to be told off but that was far from what happened. Delaney shut the door and pulled her to sit. "Tell me everything you know."