The Curse (2)

The hallway leading to the king's chambers was still as quiet as it had been when Effie stepped into the king's palace as a servant. She memorized the king's schedule, seeing how he interacted with the people around him before ensnaring him in magic. 

The first thing she did after she managed to meet the king was to sleep with him. The queen was the first to see her husband's betrayal. She was also the first to turn a blind eye to it. She smiled when she found out that she was pregnant and then pulled herself together quickly. Even when Gerome was born and she began to be neglected by the king, the queen kept her eyes closed. 

Slowly as her child grew, Effie didn't just rely on her luck to keep the king with her. Little by little after she gave birth and was granted the title of baroness for being the mother of the prince, Effie gathered her black magic power. And she implanted brainwashing right when the queen was pregnant.