"Breakfast is served, Your Highness."
Lauren was sitting in front of her vanity table while combing her hair when Sally came. Alec had already left earlier that morning.
When she went down to the dining hall, this time only the four of them were present. The King and Queen, then Cassandra and her. When she took a seat, she saw how livid Queen Thalia's look was as though she could kill her with her eyes. But she dared not speak anything ill in front of the King.
"Although Casper's death is not yet solved, I allowed Prince Dominic to leave. Alec and the rest of the council guaranteed that he did not do it, so I just let him go back to his kingdom. After all, our family caused him great embarrassment."
