Chapter 94: It’s too quiet
"Is he always like that?" Luna Queen Selene asked.
"More or less." Ursula shrugged her shoulders. She was doing her best to hide the terror she felt. Not just from what Atlas would do to her if she told the Luna Queen, but from what the queen would do to her for harboring info and braking her promise.
"Release us, Beta Atlas does not have the power to override any command of mine." Luna Queen Selene firmly stated, she had this tone that displayed power and authority.
The soldiers nodded and stepped aside shutting the door behind them. And returned their position.
They walked toward the garden. In a rather forced silence. They couldn’t risk it, the walls had ears and could hear the whispers.
Walking on the stone path through rows and rows of roses. After some time observing when the trusted eavesdroppers were around.
"Thing’s have been awfully quiet around the palace, it’s unsettling and alarming." Luna Queen Selene mentions casually. "Especially for a gala to be happening tonight."
Ursula debated what to do, whether to say something or not. Her internal conflict was raging inside her.
"I can hear your heart beating rapidly, and I can smell your anxiety, what aren’t you telling me?" Luna Queen Selene lifted an eyebrow, clearly unimpressed with Ursula’s skills in lying.
Ursula sighed; her was heart heavy with fear.
"Beta Atlas threatened to punish me severely if I said anything. So, I was planning on figuring out things for myself, afraid of what he’d do if a it told you." Ursula confessed.