Alexandra

"Lost someone, have we?" The speaker was a strange sight. She was old and bent over. Her hair white and tangled with twigs and leaves. Alexandra even saw a bird's nest. Yet, as bent and twisted as she was she had to look down slightly at Alexandra.

"I said, have you lost someone? Close your mouth, it isn't polite to stare. I would have thought that a princess would be better raised than that." Alexandra had to fight against staring again. Obviously, ...