Riven was stunned by the question. He looked at the Queen; she was looking right at him. He swallowed hard, her presence was suffocating.
"Uhm, I don't understand, Your Majesty," he said. Her eyes closed into slits, as if she was staring right into his soul.
After a few seconds, she looked away, sipped her wine, and then spoke. "You are an anomaly," she stated. She twirled the wine around in her glass and then looked at him again. "I looked into you."
"Me?" Riven asked in shock.
"Yes, and honestly, nothing about you makes sense, and that's why I asked the question. I wanted to know if you might be a spy sent by the other kingdoms, or even the Sapphire Kingdom." Her eyes went cold as she mentioned the Sapphire Kingdom.
Riven took a deep breath and then spoke. "I can understand why you would think that," he said. He looked at the wine in his hands and then took a deep breath.
"I'm not a spy. I'm not a demon," he stated.
