Chapter 419: The Queen Waits For No One
The maid's voice carried through the corridor with an edge of impatience bordering upon insolence.
"Her Majesty does not wait. The Princess is to come at once."
Lyria, still within her chambers, heard the words distinctly. Scarcely a minute had passed since the maid's arrival, and already she was urged to greater haste.
"I s-shall be r-right there," She called softly.
Beyond the chamber, the maid's nose wrinkled, a small gesture, but one which Phineas noted at once. Brayden, too, observed it, though he said nothing.
"The Princess," the maid repeated, the word spoken with evident distaste, her voice raised higher still, "is to come out this instant. Her Majesty demands her presence without delay."
Phineas stepped forward somewhat, his bearing respectful, yet firm.
"Her Highness did not say she would not come," he said. "She said she would be along presently."
