Chapter 457 Beneath The Surface

The attendant standing before her had no ties of blood or loyalty that bound her to this cause, yet she had still stepped forward and spoken at risk of offending the king.

It was strange how loyalty worked, how people chose their sides. Nothing about it was ever as simple as it seemed.

"Your Majesty..."

Irma's voice trembled as she looked at Helena's drained, distant expression, her chest tighteni