Lady Regina''s Quarters.


    Lady Regina sat quietly and thought of her best to deal with Ann and Richard. She was so angry. How could it be that Agatha''s don survived that year? All her efforts seem to have gone down the drain.


    She was the reason why Richard was separated from his mother. She had also killed Agatha but someone else was eating the fruit of her labor. No, she was not just going to fold her hands and watch.


    "Ann, consider yourself dead," she told herself. After what happened in the dining hall that afternoon she did not dare to use poison again. While she was carefully making plans in her head, she was unaware of the danger ahead of her.


    Time past and soon guess started to arrive at the palace for the royal ball. On this day all of the Bozoa people will be allowed into the palace but only the nobles and lords will be allowed into the hall.


    The commoners will have to stay in the garden to the north of the palace. The reason was that the hall will not be able to take everybody.


    Some of the young ladies especially dress up for this ball. They were hoping for a chance to capture the crown prince''s heart.


    As all the noble walked past they saw a man kneeling at the entrance of the hall.


    "Is that lord Tyler?" One lady asked her friends. Her friend looked at the man whose head hung low.


    "Now that you mention it, He sure looks like lord Tyler," her friend answered.


    "Ahh! You have not heard, He is no longer a member of the royal council. I heard that he insulted the crown prince in the afternoon. He should have lost his head if not for the kind nature of the prince.


    The two friends were surprised. They looked at the man kneeling with pity. " how the mighty has fallen," this was the thought in their mind. Who did not know that lord Tyler has been acting proud since his sister become the Queen.


    " How can you pity such a foolish man, he thinks because his sister is married to the king he can act arrogantly," the person who spoke this time is the wife to the Lord who has been having problems with the Tyler household. Her family has suffered because lord Tyler forcefully took over some area of their land. She was in good spirit when she saw the sorrowful state of the head of house Tyler.


    "lower your voice, his sister is still the Queen we can not afford to offend her," one of the woman''s friends advice.


    "Which Queen, it already a known fact that the king married the adopted mother of the crown prince and named her his Queen. I heard from a reliable source that the lady Regina was no longer the Queen for a few days already. Her evil seems to have been exposed before the king, " a noblewoman whispered among the small group of people.


    " That should be the case, I was at the Zack residence for their boutique yesterday. I heard princess Ellen clearly address her as lady Regina, " another lady chipped in.


    " ahh! How the mighty has fallen. Ever since Regina married the king she acted so high and might. Who did not know that the king only married her because of Queen Agatha, " another woman said. She was very happy to step over Regina because she has fallen.


    " you are right, the king has eyes for just Queen Agatha. I still remember when we were young. I wonder if she will dare show her face, " another said.


    These women-only said bad things about lady Regina because they have been jealous. Now that she has fallen they will naturally mock her.


    Different versions of what happened went around among the nobles. Naturally, a few maids were following their master and heard this news, soon the commoners outside the garden also heard this news.


    The commoners were not any different, some of them even wish that lady Regina will be chased out of the Palace. They all blamed her for treating princess Ellen badly. If lady Regina has passed by this group of people at this time they might have stoned her to death after all she has hurt their kind-hearted princess.


    Meanwhile, King George planned to enter the ballroom with Ann. He waited at the foot of the stairs. Ann become so anxious when she found out that she was keeping the king waiting, so she hurried out of her room and towards the stairs.


    Maybe it was because she was in so much hurry, she did not notice the person hiding behind the pillar. Once she was at the stair a focus suddenly pushed her and she lost her footing. She closed her eyes and waited for the impact of the fall but it seems like someone managed to catch her before she could breathe in relief she heard a faint voice.


    "This is the price you pay for dreaming to have what is mine," she heard the familiar voice then she felt the grip of the person losing. Everything happened so fast that she was unable to react quickly. Her life flash before her eyes as her body made contact with the stair. She felt herself rolling down to her death. She did not mind died but she wanted to stay conscious enough to expose the person that has pushed her. At least her death will get rid of the evil and just maybe she could live a peaceful life.


    A person''s mind was their biggest weapon. Lady Regina was bold enough to revile herself to Ann because she was certain she would not make it. The stairs were long and after hitting her head on so many stairs it was impossible for her to survive. Lady Regina did not know of Ann''s strong will, so she had a satisfied smile when she left the sense.


    King George on the other hand was shocked when he saw Ann rolling towards him. He was a man of war so he stepped forward and claimed the stairs. Catching Ann before she could get to the foot of the stairs.


    Ann held on to her consciousness. When she saw that the king has caught her, she muster all her strength together. She wanted to tell him that lady  Regina was the one that pushed her.


    At last, she managed to just say three words. "She... Pushed... Me," then she lost consciousness. Her voice was not audible but King George could read her lips.


    Even if she had not called the name only one person could have done this. The unconscious woman was still in his arms. Although it seems like she was breathing it was very weak and she was losing a lot of blood.


    King George immediately got up on his feet with the woman in his arms. "call the Royal physician," he did not bother to ask them to check for lady Regina.


    The woman must have fled the scene as soon as she pushed Ann. All the king could think of was finding a way to save Ann.. Although he knew the chances were slim, he still hoped for the best.