"Do you believe me?" Emmelyn asked again. There was an urgency in her tone. "Do you believe that I didn't kill Queen Mother and that Ellena framed me?"
Lily thought about Ellena and then she looked at Emmelyn. She tended to believe Emmelyn since she was her friend, while Lily barely knew Ellena.
"I believe you," she said quickly. "So, how did they do it? Your knife was found at the crime scene and the king's guards who accompanied the queen to visit you said they went to the crown prince's castle because the queen was invited to come there. Everyone thought it was you who invited her to come."
"I don't know who sent the invitation, but it wasn't me. I was somewhere else. They lured me out of my castle by claiming that they held my nephew captive."
"Do you have a nephew?" Lily asked.
