Chapter 54. A Story (1)

Watching her disappear from her sights, Laura took a deep breath as she looked at the cloudy sky with a face full of worry and uncertainty.

There was no doubt that her loyalty lay with the princess, and all she ever wanted was the happiness of the princess, but what the princess wanted for herself was very confusing.

Only the future would know whether she would truly find her happiness.

Evangeline knocked on the princess’s door rhythmically until her knuckles were aching, but she didn’t hear an answer and could only call out.

“Your Highness?”

After some seconds, a hoarse voice belonging to Fiona sounded.

“Come in.”

Then Evangeline twisted the doorknob and entered, but the instant she stepped into the room, she held her breath.

The smell of wine was so heavy that she would have thought she had entered a brothel or a tavern instead of a princess’s room.

The princess herself was nestled on a folding chair beside the window as she to