Ch. 518 Playing Weak

The rather short audience with Queen Lorance was over and Prince Oakleaf found himself looking out the window of the royal guest chambers by the time he came to terms with the hidden implications and message woven into the queens last few words to him. If his trustworthy personal guard had not accompanied him on the tour of the castle, he would have no idea how to get to the hall the banquet was to be held in that evening.

While it was understandable that the king's daughter that was born to a woman of questionable background maybe shunned by the official wife and queen preventing her from being recognized by the court or being given the title of princess, her true value was directly linked to her remaining a virgin until she was given to a prince as a wife, official or otherwise. So the queen stating that he did not need be considered about an agreement being reached or official documents being signed first had far reaching implications.