Chapter 86

Elinor sat with her mother for a while longer but none of them said a word. They remained in amicable silence as Elinor let her mother lean against her.

After a while, Elinor realized that her mother was asleep.

Looking down at her mother’s sleeping face she remembered her words.

Her mother’s utmost wish was for her to become an accomplished lady. And in the pursuit of that perfection, her mother hadn’t always been a gentle loving mother.

After years of having those manners and decorums drilled into her. And years of life within the castle as the only female royal in the royal castle. Elinor realized that her mother’s teachings were indeed essential for her to survive in that place.

But that’s not all there was to it.

Her mother thought her how to become a lady for the sake of her husband as the first lady of their kingdom. What she didn’t teach him is how to become a lady amongst men.

Something that his majesty had thought her himself by keeping her by his side to observe him