"The Queen is okay, she just needs proper treatment and herbs, but I've bad news." She replied, her expression fearful.
"You don't have to be afraid, what is it?"
"The Queen had a miscarriage." She said the words calmly.
I narrowed my eyebrows. "How? Seraphina never told me she was pregnant."
"She could not know easily, your highness. She might have been experiencing the symptoms since it was her first time, but she must have thought it was a normal illness…."
"So you're telling me now that I had an heir in her and she lost it!" I interrupted, trying to control my annoyance.
"You have to listen to me, your majesty. The baby must have been two or three weeks old, and she was not aware, and when the evil king captured her, he must have tortured her until she lost the baby. That explains why she was so pale when she got back and so weak; it took a while for her to recover, but the child remains…."