Vernon laughed when he heard that. "Do you seriously think that you, of all people, can make the Queen change her mind?"

The Queen took that opportunity to move behind the ivory bed quietly.

"Well, it seems like we have reached an impasse," Darryl said with a shrug. "The Queen knows what you're thinking about. Even if you killed me, you still wouldn't let her sister go, right?"

Vernon scoffed at him. He could not be bothered to explain further. At the same time, he realized the Queen had dis