Chapter Three: The Plot
"You sent for me, Your Grace?" the cloaked figure uttered emotionlessly.
Queen Carlotta smirked.
"Yes..."
She handed him a large sack of gold and a small vial.
"I need you to slip this into the Princess' drink tonight at dinner..."
The cloaked figure nodded silently, pocketed the money and vial, and then left, leaving a very satisfied Carlotta firmly convinced that this would be the end of her young rival.
She couldn't have been more wrong.
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