The Queen Had Returned

"We do not fear that, your majesty. We all were waiting for you. We never lost faith. We knew that you would come back one day burning justice to what happened. Though.." the man hesitated for a second when Oli probed, wanting to know more about her land, her people.

She could not describe but meeting with the knights here gave her a strange relief and her illusion that she was ready for the worst shattered.

She would not be able to bear it if they had suffered more. They had resented for her to not be there for them. 

"The new lord is long gone and his mother, the previous duchess, is handling the political matters recently. She had been kinder and supported the rebellions.

She had promised that she would negotiate things again." Lady Gertrude, she still remembered her warm eyes when they had met last time.