188 THE LOYALTY OF THE QUINZELS (2)

THERE wasn't a single chair in the Room of Truth but it didn't matter.

Hanna's father gathered the shadows of two of the pillars in the room. Then, he dropped it on the floor as if it was a log that fell on the ground. Yes, they sat on the shadows of the pillars as if they were ordinary benches.

Her parents sat side-by-side while she sat on the shadow pillar across from them.

"Mother, Father, what I'm about to tell you is a secret that may get our whole family killed if it leaks out," Hanna said seriously. "After all, this is a secret that Princess Neoma told me herself."

She addressed Neoma formally because of the gravity of the situation.

Even her mother and father turned more serious.