CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX

As the queen cast her gaze at Aric, Henry, and Emily, the three remained still.

Lady Leanor glared at each of them with her blue eyes, demanding to know "why in the world" they had attacked her bodyguards. "Why in the world would you three assault my guards?"

Aric's angry response was, "We thought we were saving you." "We thought we were saving you." You deceived Emily by sending her secret messages, telling her that your father had misplaced your wallet and that you were being kept hostage.

His mother sighed with relief as the anger and rage left her body. "Oh," she said.

She stated this while staring at her children with a sorrowful expression. "I'd given up on you two ever finding it out," she said, glancing at her children. "So I changed tactics. I discovered a means to interact with the outside world and contacted some of my previous supporters."

She proceeded by coming forward and saying, "With their support, I was able to replace your father's guards with my own one at a time,"