Her servant, Helga

Helga entered the Queen’s chambers, wanting to find her to talk to her about the banquet approaching. She knew the queen always asked for peace whenever the doors were locked, but when she tried them, they were unlocked, so she assumed that she could enter. Helga looked around and saw no one there which meant she must have been in the washroom. So Helga walked over to find the queen in her tub. “Hello, milady,” Helga said, looking at the queen hiding in the tub. “I’ve come to speak with you about tonight.”

“What are you doing?!” Veronica shouted. “If I wanted you in here I would have called you! I should have you beheaded! Leave immediately!”

“B-but your grace, please,” Helga said. “The Duke is wondering if-“

“I don’t care what the DUKE is wondering! Leave now!” Veronica shouted. “Are you daft?! If I have to get out of this water, your head will be on a pike!”

“P-please,” Helga said. “I just wish to-“

“GET OUT!” Veronica shouted.

Helga frowned. She didn’t know what to do. And frankly she was getting tired of Veronica’s bullshit. Helga weighed her options. She could be complicit yet again and have Veronica’s wrath pain her as soon as she got out of the bath or she could perhaps use the advantage of Veronica being in the tub? But how? What could she do?