"The Queen?"

Lord Beluar looked apologetically confused.

“I am the Queen,” Niamh repeated. “Although I have only been Queen for four days. King Lorcan and I were married the day before he left to take care of… this dispute.”

“I am here to speak with the King,” Lord Beluar interrupted, raising a hand to pause the conversation. “I have no reason to speak with his Queen.”

“You will have to speak with this one,” General Konnyr snapped. “The King is ...