Chapters Seven and Eight Summary

She wakes to her mother calling her, and tells Dusty to stay with the sheep. She meets Deming, learns about her father and his wish that she assume the throne. She arrives at the castle for the third time but this time, before she goes in, she asks Rawdon if her family can be trusted. He hesitates, but admits that they may be a threat to her. Cynthia, appointed as her lady in waiting, helps her to clean up and get into a gown of burgundy velvet. This time, when she reaches the Great Hall, it is empty. The guard tells her that the Queen and Prince Wulfgar are out in the topiary maze. Janine finds the Queen Kenric instead and admires her ring aloud, thinking it might be the one Nigel referred to, but the Queen...