Mistress Diane was the first to recover from the shock. Her hand that landed on Queen Rosalyn's cheek started shivering. The weight of what she did dawned on her and it sent shudders down her spine.
Even the king's favor wasn't enough to save her from the mess her anger put her in.
Soon after, Queen Rosalyn recovered. She lifted her head and stared bitterly at Diane. Her hand raised to her cheek and grazed the burning spot where the slap still lingered and said nothing.
King Edmund felt his heart being squeezed tightly by an invisible rope. In a matter of a week, fate threatened to snatch all that he held dear to him and backed him up the the wall.
First was his son, who was in a comatose condition; second, his daughter, who fell in love with a commoner and put herself at risk, and now his mistress committed an unforgivable sin of hitting the queen and making her crown fall off in the presence of the duchess no less.