Chapter 15
"Everything is going according to my plan. Jaques, good job. Mazie, I applaud your preformance. You both did a wonderful job. Now, all we have to do is watch." The queen said, sitting back in her chair as she watched the maze.
Mary knew the young William loved her daughter, Diana, and that Diana reciprocated those feelings. She also knew, that Diana wouldn't admit them to herself.
By placing Diana in Alek's care, she knew William would get jealous. William also knew of Diana's fear of the place and would have a desire to protect her from the place.
Mary smiled. She was helping Alek and Deryn, as well.
She had spoken to Mrs. Sharp a few weeks before, and gotten her approval of this plan. The two had once been good friends, since she had been one of Mary's ladies-in-waiting, before she'd met her late husband.
Mary and the older Sharp woman had had their eldest daughters on the same day, thirteen minutes apart, and surprisingly enough, they had grown to look almost exactly alike. That's what made this plan so easy.
But, there was only one problem, and Deryn was smart and observant enough to figure that out...