Chapter 135: Other Ways
"Perhaps," Caius said. "I asked that the maid you locked up be released."
Caius didn’t even bother to ask anything about his mother. He didn’t care for small talk. Besides, regardless of his approach, her reaction would still be the same—so why bother? The faster he could get to the reason why he was here, the faster it would be to convince her.
Queen Violeta looked confused, and she blinked as she tried to process what her son had just said. However, no matter how she spun it, it was still interpreted in the same manner. That whore!
The ones who reacted faster were her ladies-in-waiting. They gasped and whispered amongst themselves but immediately ceased their gossiping when they saw Caius staring their way.
"What are you talking about, son?" Queen Violeta asked, proud of herself for not exploding immediately. She wouldn’t let that whore have that much control over her reaction.
"The maid you put in the dungeons," Caius slowly explained, as one would speak to a child. "I asked that she be let go."
"What? How dare you go against my orders?"
"It’s not against your order, Mother. There had been some misunder—"
"That whore!" Queen Violeta pointed and rose to her feet. "You will pick a harlot over your own mother, Caius!"
Caius’s hands twitched, but he kept them at his sides. He expected this, and it would have been easier to have the maid punished than to deal with his mother, but he was willing to do this for Rose. How would she show her gratitude when he saved the maid?