''I can't believe your father would force you to let Lady Arwin accompany you down here,'' his mother said with a soft sigh as she reached out to pour him another cup of rich tea that smelled as good as the taste. They were currently seated in one of the castle's lush balconies. The queen mother kept staring at her son, wondering what his thoughts were. He must have gone through so much during these ten days under his father. Though he has told her everything that happened, she believed not everything could be expressed in words to her.
''He hates me so much that he wants to come after my bride and force me to accept the daughter of Lord Caspain as my queen. She can never even have a place in one of my harems.''
