Seira fiddled the foundation pen in her fingers while reading the same phrase for the nth time. She had no idea how long she was looking on the same page of the book and stuck in the same paragraph. She does not understand a thing in the phrase.
Someone cleared his throat in the background. She raised her head. Mr. Wilford was in front of her with a book. He removed his eyeglasses, placing them in the side. Stacks of books were in the center of the table. It was three days since the attack and her conversation with the Queen Dowager but she was immediately set in resuming her studying. It was solely Mr. Whitmore's decision though. And every time she thought of that, she wanted to yank her hair. She had gone crazy for answering back a royalty.