Ritual

Just as expected, the king and queen were very furious when they arrived back at the castle at night. They had spent hours on the road, only to be told that the invitation was fake.

Evelyn was in particularly angry about the stress that she had been put through, and she took it out on her servants.

She really wished to find the culprit, but she had a suspect.

She went to Dahlia's room while three of her servants trailed behind her.

She didn't bother to knock. She just pushed the door open. Thankfully it wasn't locked.

"Who could be that mannerless?" Dahlia whined, pretending not to see Evelyn at first. "Oh it is you. Your majesty." She smiled.

"I know you are behind the fake invitation." Evelyn went straight to accusing her, while Dahlia pretended not to know what she was talking about.

"Invitation? What invitation?"

"You know what I am talking about Dahlia. You were the one behind the invitation to your mother's birthday." Evelyn said.

"With all due respect your majesty, you sound s