Chapter 115 "Magdalena's Truth"

• The day before the coronation dawned with quiet foreboding. Ravena sat in the drawing room, lost in troubled thought. Her mind wandered restlessly, weighed down by the gravity of her past misdeeds toward the future queen. She knew well how deeply she had wronged her.
• What if, in a bid to shield herself from the queen’s cold and inevitable vengeance, she secured a title so high that none would dare touch her? What if she were to rise to the station of Varkoness? After all, she was Uthred’s chosen mate. Should such a union be formalized, it would grant her untouchable status—making it difficult, if not impossible, for the queen to bring retribution upon her.
• Silence held her company. Her fingers trembled faintly.