As the meeting concluded, the room slowly emptied until only Lady Matilda, Lady Meredith, Lady Adelaide, and Maha remained. Lady Matilda spoke first, asserting, "That child does not belong to my son."
"Lord Vallus looks a lot like his uncle," Adelaide interjected, prompting a shift in the conversation to matters of lineage and resemblance.
"I may not..." Lady Matilda began to respond before being cut off by Maha's firm interjection, "Enough! I did warn you, Adelaide, remember?"
"Will Vallus' seed have made your heir? You know very well how much he detests the temple," Adelaide probed, raising questions about Vallus' potential influence on the future.
"It would not have mattered, my heir would have been born regardless," Maha countered, asserting her position with unwavering confidence.