"My mother!" He said in a surprised voice that held a trace of doubt.
"Yes Roland, your mother told me to do this." She recalled how the queen had told her that if this plan was ever revealed, the blame could not be linked back to her. It was too bad for her because she was going to take all of it.
"Do tell." he moved from the wall and sat down in a chair.
It appeared to Sigrid as if he had lost some of the tension that his body had been holding in earlier. It seemed there was a chance to make it out of this for her.
"When I met your mother, after our wedding she pulled me aside for a conversation. We don't have much in common the queen and I but we have you." She looked at him, softening her voice to give it some emotional weight. "We both want the best for you. The one thing that we both knew was standing in your path was Rina.
