Not Meddling

"Your highness, are you not going to do anything? You did not even reply to young lord Ivan Whittemore's request to let him in as your guest," Timothy looked at the grim face of Prince Aaron who was secretly listening in to the conversation from outside the queen's guest chamber.

The doors and windows had been left open purposefully to let everyone know that the ducal family was nothing for the queen. It was certainly weird that the king was not intervening for Whittemores were not a small family. They were the backbone of the kingdom along with other two ducal families, so this insult was certainly unwarranted.

Unless something had happened back at home which the kids were not aware of. Otherwise, why would a duchess grovel at a queen's feet. She had her own pride too. She even decided to sacrifice a legitimate daughter of hers.