The Red Queen
“Laughter and chatting streamed in the grand hall and the court. Officers wore their grey and blue uniforms, and ladies donned their fancy evening dresses.
Lucienne wore a white gown with her hair half-pinned up in a diamond headdress. She walked among the crowd, greeting her people. Wherever she passed, she heard whispers.
“They say you’re like a fairy queen,” Thaddeus said beside her.
“My hearing is quite good,” she said. “Not that I don’t appreciate compliments.” She wished, for h...er people’s sake, that she would wear white forever.
Thaddeus looked happy. “Everyone’s having fun, cousin.”
Not everyone. Not her guards. Lucienne could feel tension rolling off them. Posted at every corner of the hall, they watched her, carrying her burden. Kian had briefed them to make sure there would be no incident on this special night. Thaddeus was the only guard assigned to her side for the whole evening.MoreLess
Lucienne wore a white gown with her hair half-pinned up in a diamond headdress. She walked among the crowd, greeting her people. Wherever she passed, she heard whispers.
“They say you’re like a fairy queen,” Thaddeus said beside her.
“My hearing is quite good,” she said. “Not that I don’t appreciate compliments.” She wished, for h...er people’s sake, that she would wear white forever.
Thaddeus looked happy. “Everyone’s having fun, cousin.”
Not everyone. Not her guards. Lucienne could feel tension rolling off them. Posted at every corner of the hall, they watched her, carrying her burden. Kian had briefed them to make sure there would be no incident on this special night. Thaddeus was the only guard assigned to her side for the whole evening.MoreLess
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