Chapter 78

“Remeta?” What does that have to do with Baski’s crazy daughter? she asked herself inwardly.

He spared her a glance. “Have you seen little Remeta lately?”

“No, Your Highness. The last time I saw her, six months ago, she screamed her head off at the first sight of me,” she answered flippantly.

He discarded the scroll and stretched out his hand to the bag before him, then took out another new one. “You must see her today, Vetta. She’s willing to get better, and it was because of Danika. She wants to stay with Danika. I’m letting her.”

“Why Danika? What’s so special about her?” Vetta asked in complete anger and bewilderment.

Silence. Thick silence. Her question hung in the air.

He got up and walked into his library. Vetta waited impatiently.

Finally, he came out with a file, walked back to his chair and lowered himself on it. When the silence dragged on, Vetta gave up that she would get an answer.

“Remeta thinks her royalty. She calls her