Of course, they were.
Bree wished she could drag this Duke Cilantro by his hair around and throw him in a trash can, she might be new to being a Queen but she could still sense that he was actually trying to force them into a corner by this action of his. He knows that she cannot force him to abdicate his title as the Duke of the territory and as long as he was in power he will be able to do whatever he wanted without any concerns whatsoever.
She turned to Dion and asked, "What did the shadow guard write in his report again?"
Dion looked a bit awkward as he handed her the report which she briefly skimmed through and the more she read it the more her brows scrunched up. " What is the meaning of this?"