Heather POV I learned the queen's name was Alice and the king was Zoren, when out of the public eyes, I could address them as such. At the moment, I was not comfortable with calling her Alice, and she did not push me to call her by her name until I was ready. The ladies were nice, and I enjoyed having breakfast time with them, being told that in the mornings the men met just like we were and just gossiped about anything and everything, and work talk was not allowed until our morning meal was over, and when that was over, it was the queen's decision. No one could rush her to start the day. Soon a girl walked in and cleared the dirty dishes from the table. We all watched the queen for her to make the next move, everything worked around the queen and her timetable. ‘Heather, how did yo