The Mad Queen

Chapter Ninety-One: The Castle

Leander opens the door and my father jumps back in fear. Leander looks over my father with wide eyebrows.

"Matty," he grins cooley. "What brings you here at this hour?" he asks. My father gulps and licks his lips nervously at the young man standing above him.

"Erm," he begins and clears his throat.

"Well, hurry up," Leander snaps.

"Lord Tonra," he begins with a squeak. "He told me to get this message to Princess Yasmine," he gulps. Leander frowns and takes the letter from my fathers shaking hands.

"So you're bringing it to me?" he asks. My father nods his head.

"I thought he was acting strangely. He gave it to me very secretly, probably thinking I would be too scared to report it to you," my father stutters. Leander smirks and opens the letter. There is a tense silence as he reads it. The further he gets down the letter, the more his frown deepens.

"Well," he finally says. "Isn't this interesting," he smirks and folds up the letter. "Thank you, for bringing this to me, Matty," he replies. "I'll be sure to deal with the situation appropriately," he tells him. "You did good, boy," he smiles and taps my father's shoulder. My father winces and quickly steps away.

"Meet me here tomorrow morning," he orders then laughs. "Don't worry, for once, I won't be taking my anger out on you."

"What are you planning?" father gulps.

"Now now, Matty. I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise. Just have yourself a nice little sleep and be ready," he grins and slams the door in my fathers face. My father begins to walk back down the corridor. His body straightens and he squares his shoulders. All fear disappearing from his face as a cruel smirk replaces it.

The girls all sit for breakfast. Sitting with them is Lord Kristoff. There is an awkward silence. The only noise coming from the scraping of cutlery on plaits. The door opens and Amalie walks in. Her eyes immediately dart to Rayana, who smirks. The girl is styling a high necked dress today. Fallon sighs as Amalie moves to sit on the other side of Kristoff.

"Get out," Cordelia orders, not even looking up from the book she is reading in her space on Kristoff's other side. She glares at the group.

"You don't have as much authority as you think," Amalie snaps. Cordelia sighs and looks up from her book bored.

"She can stay," Kristoff says. Amalie smiles smugly and goes to sit down. 

"You were given an instruction, cousin. From a princess. Lord Kristoff is not the King yet," Fallon says, leaning back in her chair and crossing her arms.

"It doesn't matter if I am the King yet. I am still..."

"Guards," Cordelia sighs. They move toward the table quickly. "Remove her," she says.

"Don't you dare..." Kristoff is interrupted by the guards ignoring him and taking Amalie's arms.

"What are you doing?" she snaps at them as they begin to drag her away. Rayana catches her eye on the way out, giving her a warning glare. She stops struggling and allows herself to be lead out.

"What do you think you're playing at, girl?" Kristoff asks. Fallon lazily turns to look at him.

"It's princess to you," she sighs. "Like Cordelia said. You aren't the King yet and at this rate, you never will be," she grins standing up. He stands up quickly and the rest of the guards make slight movements to prepare to intercept.