They Gave My Crown to an Adopted Daughter. The Queen Raged novel · Chapter 14 of 24
Chapter 14: The Queen Rages Again
I took the cup off the tray before the physician had finished bowing.
The steam smelled of honey and hot milk, and under it was something thin and bitter.
"His Majesty is not thirsty," I said.
"Highness, it is the Chancellor's own order," the physician said. "A little syrup for the chest."
"Then you'll have the first swallow."
He stopped smiling.
"I could not presume."
"Presume."
His eyes went to the rim and the door, and sweat broke out across his bald head.
The physician dropped to his knees.
"I only carry what I am given," he gabbled. "Majesty, I only carry it up, I never ask what is in it."
The captain took him by the collar and lifted him.
"Shut him in the dressing room," I said. "Keep the cup. Nobody drinks from it, and nobody pours it out."
Something hung from the physician's belt on a ring, a long iron key with a notched bit.
I cut it free with the king's own paper knife.
"The west wing," I said to the captain. "Does this open the Queen's door?"
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