C24 Second Thoughts?

Dowager Queen Charlotte Bamidele Darlington narrowed her gaze in that frightful way as she turned fully to look at Ayo.

“What did you say?”

Her tone was enough to douse Tanya’s newfound rebellion, and she knew her mother was about to let Ayo have the full heat now.

Surprisingly, Ayo merely shrugged and said, “It is Ayodele. My name, I mean