Book 3.5: Chapter 9
“VYVYAN!!”
Elizabeth thundered like an angry wild beast in the guest hall, scaring Troy, so he hid into his mom’s arms. Vyvyan embraced her child as she looked at Elizabeth with anger and said: “Elizabeth, don’t be like this. Let’s calmly talk things over. You’ll scare my son shouting like that. I’m no longer the young girl I was back then. I’m now a mother. I have to be considerate of my child, so please quieten down.”
“Nonsense!”
Elizabeth grabbed the sword on the table, pointed it at Troy and roared: “He clearly is my son! He is my son! There’s a limit to how far you can take jokes! Look at his eyes! Look at them! His eyes are black! Inard’s and yours are blue, and you’re telling me that he’s your son?! Return me my son otherwise I’ll kill you right now!!”
“How dare you threaten the queen?!”
The imperial guards came in when they saw Elizabeth draw her sword. Their reflections could be seen on their swords. Troy got scared and cried in his mom’s arms. Vyvyan softly comforted her son and then raised her head. Anger crept into her blue eyes. She picked Troy up, wiped his tears and then gave him a big kiss on his lips, and sucked on them.
“Let go of my son!!”
Elizabeth drew her sword and charged over so fast that not even the imperial guards could react in time. The spell that Inard placed on the cape was effective on his sister nonetheless. Time slowed down while Elizabeth’s speed wasn’t affected. Elizabeth’s sword swung through the air towards Vyvyan’s head while she reached her other hand out to grab Troy.
“Clang!”