Silence followed and stretched in the courtroom as eyes stared at the queen of Hadien. Fear filled the heart of most and hate-filled most. Some men stared at the queen with a newfound respect and the others belittled her.
"You shouldn't be present here" someone spoke up after the last statement of Avyanna and she turned to the man. He was around his middle age with blonde dirty hair and skin that had been bleached by the sun. His face was in a big frown and he wasn't that handsome looking.
"And why is that?" She asked the grouchy-looking man.
"This is a meeting for men your highness. A woman has no business in the court of Hadien" he said and she smiled a wicked smile at him. Women were always belittled, no matter what you are or who they are. Her father had warned her about this, he
