The door opened on its own. No one pushed it but, it did open on its accord. Mesmerized and in shock, the guards at duty moved backwards. Most of them have never witnessed this phenomenon in their life. Only a handful of them had witnessed such scenes and it never happens for anything. Such an event was usually a herald to a powerful individual, powerful enough to make the king meet her demand.

The atmosphere was intense when the door opened and a middle-aged woman, maybe in her late forties, walked in with a long staff in her left hand. The staff was not meant to support her movement rather,...