Even though her mind was far away, Janice answered all the questions the dowager queen had thrown at her, not evading any.

“These are all the preceding royal families.” She continued as they moved to another section of the castle.

Janice assessed each picture of the royals the Queen pointed to and noticed they all had uptightness about them.

More so, she glimpsed the same grimace and forced a smile on each face, and wondered if it was the pattern they used in taking pictures.

Janice had seen the same expression on the Queen's face in the picture that was in the drawing-room.

“Next we move to etiquette.” She stated,...