Summer at the Royal Castle - 69 A.E

Her annual summer-visit at Lehill Castle was over, and it would be hard for her to leave her son behind once again. She had already missed so much. However, being the Queen's Lady-in-waiting was an honor that Cordris couldn't refuse, and she was needed at the Queen's side at all times. Because she lived at Cynebury Castle she only saw her son a few times a year, and that was if her husband brought him to her. Her husband, Duke Nellus, was a member of the Queen's Royal Council and was a frequent guest at Cynebury Castle.

Living with the Queen and her family was no easy task. The Queen and the King had gotten old, and though the Queen's affections for him had not lessened, Cordris found herself dodging the King's advances.

It wasn't because Cordris was a lady who only had eyes for a husband who was too far away, but she knew who she really wanted in this castle, and it wasn't the old King.

The young, handsome Crown Prince was much more to Cordris' liking, and though it took a while for her to get his attention, she didn't regret one moment of it once it started. That was, until a day in the late summer..

Cordris was at a loss. She didn't know who her child's father was. It could be Duke's but it could also be the Crown Prince's. She decided to tell Gilan, but he told her that it was not his, that he wanted nothing to do with her anymore, and that she needed to go home to her husband.

And that was how Cordris lost her position as the Queen's Lady-in-waiting, and had to go home to her husband, fearing the consequences of what she had done.