Alice glanced up at Allura, who was keeping her eyes focused on the two Lords on either side of the Royals.
Did she hear that correctly?
She wasn't sure.
Perhaps, for a moment, her own desires and reality overlapped. Or perhaps she might have spaced out, hearing what she hoped to hear rather than what Allura actually said.
A part of her couldn't believe what just happened but...
What the Queen said next confirmed what she had heard.
"She is your daughter? Pardon my rudeness, but I see little similarity between the two of you. Not to mention the fact that the youngest daughter of the Zenia family is one that both my husband and I met many years ago." She narrowed her eyes.
"Regardless of what may have happened in the time between then and now, even if you have adopted her as your own, little of what you said can dispel my doubts regarding dear Alice over there suddenly shifting her allegiance should a command fall from the top."
