Milena couldn't believe she was attending another funeral, so soon.
A King's funeral wasn't much more than a Dowager Duchess, strangely. There was a higher difference in the fact that one had been human, the other vampire, than from their difference in statuses. Still, no one could say Milena hadn't done her best to prepare this funeral, in such a short time, too. It was, as planned, small but very solemn. The number of attendants had continuously been changed over the last few hours, every noble in the Kingdom almost begging to be there. Milena hated this. There was no use in trying to appeal to a dead man; all those people were only there to butter up to the Royal princes, and show off their proximity to them. Hence, she had made a very simple but clear choice: only the Dukedoms, as wel
