Bernice wept.
"I will save your family and give them protection. I give you my word as Queen Luna. Nothing will happen to them. Just tell me who it is."
Bernice continued to weep. "I swear your majesty. She is going to kill my family and everything I love. I never wanted to hurt you, but she made me do it."
She?
Rose felt a chill in her bones.
It was a woman?
Now Rose was truly troubled and wanted to know who had done this .
Rose decided to try a different approach.
Rose picked up Bernice's chin with her fingertips and forced her to look at her.
But Bernice turned her face away
"Look at me Bernice." She said very gently and Bernice did.
