Chapter 176: No weakness in a crown princess.
Lunch was a meal rich in tension and vegetables, which made up seventy percent of the foods that the doctor had recommended for Sigrid to eat. She could hardly take a bite, the meal was unsatisfactory.
No matter how much coaxing was done, nobody could get her to take more than five mouthfuls. Instead, she settled for coffee and fried eggs with some fruit.
Through the meal, she had to keep wiping away stray tears, eventually Mauve took over tear wiping duty until the meal was finished and Sigrid finally faced the uncomfortable eyes of her husband and family.
"I know that everyone has questions so go on. Ask me what you want to know or tell me what has been happening in the past three days."
Roland went first, "What do you remember about...." he bit his tongue to stop himself from calling it an accident.
"The attack." John finished for him.
Sigrid took a moment to respond, her eyes moved around, appearing to be deep in thought before she responded. "I recall a pain in my stomach and then I think I vomited blood." Her right hand moved to her neck. "I recall Oliver Ye’s hands on my neck, someone...I think Blythe Ye suggested that they kill me and then I was shoved out of a window."
Duke Thorin slammed his fist on the table really hard. The table trembled and a glass fell to the floor. "How dare they lay their hands on the crown princess. The Ye family thinks having wealth is everything. They must pay the price for what they have done."
Everyone at the table had long known that the Ye’s were on their list of enemies. They just didn’t think that the opportunity to deal with them would come at such a high cost.