Hilde's patience nearly ran out again. In a flat tone, she replied, "I lost someone precious."
"You nearly died," the Queen said almost at the same time. When she continued, it was as if Hilde's words didn't register to her. "That should knock some good sense into anyone. But…" Letting out an extended sigh, the older woman rose. From her new vantage, she told Hilde, "There's no need to concern yourself over this. Why don't you focus on improving yourself even more, from here on?"
That attack couldn't be mistaken for anything other than what it was, not even if Hilde put her all into believing otherwise.
Everyone had known Prince Dieter hated his younger sister. He'd made no secret of it. But until this day, Hilde never had even a whiff of suspicion that Queen Heloise held her in contemp
