He’d told the Viscount that if the Queen was in the throne room, he was to signal to her that Madelon's son wanted to talk. Leal knew that the Queen rarely had meetings with anyone outside of her private study.
And from the Royal Palace's layout that his father had let him see, he knew where her private study was located.
When Queen Heloise arrived and saw him waiting outside it, Leal had witnessed firsthand how her temper had exploded behind her serene mask.
It was understandable that she’d be angry. The servant she’d ordered to fetch Leal to her would be wandering around for a while, trying to find a man who already knew his way around a palace he’d never been to before.
Leal would honestly not have been as prepared to handle her sudden hostility if he had not already spent time w
