Gone in the Moonlight
“The queen wants more children. Since you conceive so easily, have another.”
Simply because the queen said so, Lynette bore another girl. As soon as the baby was born, the midwife cut the umbilical cord and took the child away before Lynette could even see her.
That was the second one…
The maids said that if the queen had not lost her ability to conceive when she followed the king to the front lines, the royal harem would consist of her alone.
As the preceptor’s daughter, Lynette was simply a convenient tool to continue the royal line.