Chapter 88: Mother Queen’s dangerous method
The Mother Queen was both floored and appalled, knowing the woman she thought to have Dante wed was right under her nose all this time! Her glare shifted from the newly-made courtesan to look at her granddaughter.
"I will explain everything to you," Princess Emily said tensely. She watched her grandmother rise from her seat and begin to walk, and she followed right behind her.
Stepping out of the Hall of Mirrors, the Mother Queen and Princess Emily made their way silently into the garden, with the latter following the older woman until they came to a spot where no one could see them or hear them speak.
"Speak," the Mother Queen ordered once she faced her granddaughter.
Emily nodded and began, "On the day we were returning from the old palace, I found out that Anna could speak, and the day after that she was Tasia. It wasn’t m—"
"I’m talking about what you meant when you said she is important to Dante. I don’t want you spinning me in circles anymore, Emily," the Mother Queen wore a shrewd look on her face that showed she wouldn’t stand being lied to anymore. "Tell me clearly."
"I think Brother Dante likes Anna. He treats her with care, and I say this because I saw him stroke her head. It was subtle, but I know what I saw. Yesterday, he didn’t let Aiden touch her," Emily came clean with what she had observed. She said, "Even now, he sat with Mr. Langford when the man was talking to Anna."
"That is right," the Mother Queen affirmed thoughtfully. "What else do you know?"
Emily raked through her mind before she said, "Anna has entered his room before, which was how the rumours began, but nothing happened from what she told me. She just didn’t want people realising that she was Tasia."