Lady Lisette slowly entered the grand meeting room, then immediately sank to her knees. The man on the other side was aged, and he turned to her, his finger stroking the white graceful beard, his eyes thin.
"It has been a long time since you came to see me, Lisette. Tell me. Is something amiss?"
She noddes. "I fear that I may have been tricked to forfeit my position as the crown princess."
He raised a brow. "What do you mean?"
She swallowed. "Grandfather, we both know it is of convention that I am givrn a right to hearing. I feel like after the incident..."
"You ran away by yourself?"
"I did not.. I only left for a stroll. I was abducted, and I think the woman who is now to be married to His Highness, Prince Alexander might have been the abductor."
"Why do you think so?"
"She has b
