Consolation (2) **

Mia was standing right outside the door to the study, just how a proper maid should.

She wiped off the stains from her face; but her eyes were teary nonetheless.

"Mia." She heard the princess's call from inside the room. She cleared her eyes off tears and fixed her countenance before opening the door and getting in.

The door shut behind her. The princess was standing at the centre of the room while Adrian was sitting on the same seat she had seen him sitting on before.

"Come here." The princess beckoned.

Mia nodded and approached her highness. Once she was before the princess, Evelyn reached out one of her hands and caressed her maid's cheek.

"Stella-"

"I know. She is no more." Mia could not hold back anymore. The dam broke, tears flowed again.

"Silly girl, she was a traitor. She betrayed us." Evelyn sighed. Her hands were now busy wiping Mia's tears.

"*Sniff* But-"