Chapter 581

Lorna didn't slow her steps. At the maid's words, she only turned her head slightly, casting her a cool, measured look.

"You're getting ahead of yourself," she said evenly. "Do you really think His Majesty can be steered that easily? That he has no judgment of his own?"

Her gaze lingered for a moment, then shifted forward again.

"I already gave him what he needed to hear. I let it slip that the Cr