I waited with bated breath for what her reaction was going to be. It was quite a big dialogue, but it held every feeling that I had about this matter. It contained every little doubt I sort of could think of in it.
Everything was carefully poured into it that held importance to me in this matter.
It was hard to believe that Chiara was going to take it in the same way as I wanted her to. A lot had changed recently in my life and the doubts I did not have before were now embedded into my mind like they had been there forever, just laying dormant.
It was quite serious to me because this position was not something that was taken away and given to someone else like it was a plate of food.
The humiliation of the crown being taken away from you often followed by assassination. It was something one did not survive.