CHAPTER TWENTY SIX

Elara’s POV

I didn’t feel my legs for a moment.

Valerie’s words sank into me like ice water.

“The maid is dead.”

Dead.

My ears rang. My heart stopped. My breath froze halfway in my chest.

“They claimed she committed suicide with a drug” Valerie whispered, her voice trembling as if the words themselves were poisonous.

“Who visited her last?”

My throat was too tight to answer.

She leaned closer.

“Princess Anna. She even demanded a moment alone with ...