Spoiled by Mr. Russell

Rhea had a sudden thought and hurried back to the laboratory. When she arrived, Lily was still lying on the recliner with her eyes closed. This time, Rhea marched in and asked, “You’re still here?”

Lily opened her eyes and casually glanced at Rhea. “Where else should I be?”

“So you don’t know either,” Rhea mumbled. After some thought, she caught herself and snorted. “Never mind. Just continue with your experiment.”

Rhea felt better when she realized Yasmin had not told Lily anything either. It showed Lily did not matter as much to the queen as Rhea had thought. Still, Rhea wondered where else the queen could be if not the laboratory.

Puzzled, Rhea turned and headed out.

Lily half-sat up and gazed after her with a frown, feeling something was amiss.

“What… do you mean?”

work,”

should say go

mocked Lily because she did not seem serious about the experiment. Rhea thought she did not need to bother will Lily since even the queen did not care about her that

Yasmin was up to. After going through so much, Rhea knew she could

something was up when she heard Rhea’s

Rhea might be trying to trick me, it doesn’t look like it either. Besides, she was surprised I was still here when she returned. Where else would I be if not here? Why would she expect otherwise.’ With that in mind, Lily got up and headed out. However, there was no one outside, and the laboratory was so quiet that it was unnerving. Lily somehow

the elevator, a guard stopped

Her Majesty I need to see