Chapter 247: Queen Violeta’s Fear
"Seal your lips!" one of the ladies yelled. "Your Majesty, please send her to the dungeons. A simple task, and as always, she does it wrong. Lord Elrod has been bedridden for days now because of a useless servant, and now the crown prince has his ring back."
"Yes, Your Majesty. I believe she will only bring further disappointment. We will get a better, more useful servant. It was my mistake—I never should have brought her. But this will not happen again," another said.
"She might be useless," the third said, "but we might not easily find another servant who can get close to the peasant whore with the guards on the floor."
"This would have been the perfect opportunity to get rid of the whore permanently, but this useless servant keeps getting in the way."
Welma didn’t like the way the conversation was leaning. It seemed two of the ladies were in support of getting rid of her and punishing her, while one seemed to be on her side. Welma thought it was weird, as they were never at odds.
She needed to tip the scale in her favor, or she might actually get punished. Just what had she gotten herself into? She should never have agreed when the ladies walked up to her—but it wasn’t like she could exactly decline. She worked in the castle.
"Rose is leaving with the crown prince for Futherfield in four days," Welma blurted out, the consequences be damned. She prayed that this news would be able to distract them from the failed stolen ring attempt.
"What did you just say?" the Queen asked.
"Please forgive me for speaking out of turn, Your Majesty, but Rose said this," she whispered.
"She’s lying. There’s no way the crown prince would take a peasant whore on his journey," one of the ladies blurted.