Chapter 145 "The Dual Queen"

• Even after being firmly told to remain behind, Milicent insisted on accompanying the queen at all costs.
• Her husband could not deter her. She had declared, with quiet obstinance, that she would be utterly forlorn without the queen's company.
• The horses had been saddled, the carriages prepared. The royal retinue assembled in the courtyard, bidding farewell to the travelers. Yet the queen and Princess Emelia had not yet emerged.