"Let's visit the fort?"
Aries's voice pierced the silent air inside the carriage, making Suzanne, her lady-in-waiting, raise her brows.
"Your Majesty?" Suzanne was confused. "You want to go to the fort?"
"I might lose my mind if I keep myself inside the palace walls today." Aries moved the curtain away from the window, staring at the gloomy street of the capital. "The fort is almost the farthest from the palace and the closest to the outside world."
Suzanne wanted to argue or remind her that there were many royal duties Aries must adhere to. Aries was the queen, after all. She couldn't just easily leave her post anytime she pleased. The reason Aries didn't think twice about putting the church's visit in her schedule under the facade of praying for her late husband.
Regardless of the grandiose title and everything that came along with it, Aries was nothing but a prisoner. A bird in an aviary; was the queen.
