[MUSIC RECOMMENDATION: THE TRUTH UNTOLD ~ BTS FT STEVE AOKI]
Almaria, without giving any answer to Khelan's question, rushed to her closet, her hair still dripping water as it was not properly dried. She picked out a gown and let it down her neck.
Almaria looked around for the person who was playing this bad joke on her; the maids who had attended to her that morning were still cleaning the bath she used, nobody else was in her room.
Now dressed in a plain gown, with her hair still wrapped with a cloth, a few strands stuck to her wet face. Almaria stomped out of the room with the two parchments; she didn't care about the maids that walked through the passage.
The servants who saw the queen dowager bowed their heads and faced the pillar as she passed them. It was better to appear invisible if you're working in the palace during this time.