Close call? Yes. And maybe Ella was being unfair to Hattie - if she really had changed, great! But she wasn't willing to just believe her stepsister so easily. "So you're unfaithful." Ella quirked an eyebrow at the other girl.

"You claim you're already wed to Prince Char, why would you get engaged to someone here?" She was glad Char wasn't here. Even though she really wished she were home, to see if Hattie's claim was true.

That girl would be the worst sort of Queen.