One of the perks about being the queen was that Lucianne could be fully trusted to take suspects and criminals out for however long she wanted. It wasn’t advisable or customary because of issues of safety, but Margaret’s case was, of course, different since she was working to get pardoned. There was no way she’d try and hurt Lucianne, and even if she did, Lucianne’s Authority would stop her.

After they got into the car and began talking about Stella, Lucianne insisted Margaret call her ‘Lucy’ like everybody else before their conversation continued. Lucianne drove them to an outdoor café with potted plants here and there and a water feature...