The sun had already gone down and Peter was becoming tired. He wouldn't dare sleep in that castle. There were far too many enemies surrounding him. His guard seemed to double within a couple of hours and he was beginning to think that something was going on. Nobody seemed to want to tell Peter anything. Most of the guards refused to look him in the face. It appeared that some of the guards were feeling guilty about holding him there, but none were willing to betray Vyrina either.

There was something about Vyrina that was familiar to Peter. It was something he couldn't quite place. He couldn't believe that she would bring Jadis back if she knew who the woman was. Vyrina appeared to be hiding something and Peter wanted to know what that was. It wasn't long until Vyrina returned to her room to see Peter still awake.

“Are you not intending to sleep, young king?” Vyrina asked.

“Somehow I don't exactly feel safe sleeping here,” Peter replied.

“You should know by now, Peter,” Vyrina started. “We need you for our little ceremony tomorrow. So we won't be trying to kill you. At least not yet.”

“Why?” Peter asked, simply. Vyrina paused as if trying to figure out what he was asking.

“I have just told you why we won't be killing you.”

“No,” Peter clarified. “I want to know why you are bringing her back. Why you're doing all of this? You already have power. It doesn't make any sense.”

“That is because you don't have all of the information,” said Vyrina, turning away. “You can't put the puzzle together without all of the pieces.”

“Then why don't you give me the pieces I'm missing?”

Vyrina remained silent. Peter was trying to read her body language, but she was quite good at hiding what she was feeling. However this time, Peter was not willing to give up. He was tired of being in the dark and he wanted to know exactly what was going on. Peter grabbed Vyrina's arm, taking her by surprise and pulling her to face him.

“What are you hiding?” He asked firmly.

“I can't tell you why,” said Vyrina, refusing to look him in the eye.

“Why not? If you're going to use me to bring back Jadis, then you can at least tell me why.”

Vyrina seemed to consider this for a moment. She looked up at him briefly giving him enough time to see that there was pain in her eyes. Peter didn't understand where it could be coming from. She appeared to be the kind of person who didn't care about anybody, but herself. He never would have thought she would feel any kind of pain.

“Jadis is my mother,” Vyrina finally stated.

“What?” Peter asked, backing away from the Queen.

Vyrina seemed to gather her confidence back and looked right at Peter.

“You want to know why I'm bringing Jadis back. It's because she is my mother. My whole life I had been preparing for this and now I finally have the chance. It isn't my place to rule. It's hers.”

“How is that even possible?” Peter asked, growing fearful.

“I don't really know the full extent of it. All I know is time ages me differently than it would a normal human. The reason I was born was to make sure that Jadis would always have a way to get back to power and now the time has finally come.”

Peter watched the Queen carefully as she paced in the room. She seemed to be worried about something, but he had a feeling he wouldn't be getting anymore information out of her. She stared out at the sky watching the almost full moon. Peter sensed that there was something else stirring inside the young Queen, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

“Don't you think it is about time to be heading to bed?” Vyrina asked, turning to him.

“I won't be sleeping anywhere near you,” Peter stated, harshly.

Vyrina turned away again, appearing to be hurt and stared out at the land.

“They found me on the edge of the valley over there,” said Vyrina pointing.

“What?” Peter asked, confused.

“The King and Queen of Narnia,” Vyrina clarified. “I was only a year old when they found me sitting at the edge of the valley. They had been horseback riding. My mother was told that she would never be able to have children and she saw this as an opportunity to have an heir to the throne.”

Peter just stared at Vyrina. She didn't appear to be as inhuman as Jadis, but he didn't want to fall for any of the Queen's tricks.

“I never knew who my mother was until a few years later. A large wolf came to me in the middle of the night and explained my heritage. I didn't want to believe him, but he would come back every night with messages from my real mother. After I turned sixteen, the wolf stopped coming. I thought he had given up. Then my first suitor left me without any reason or even a goodbye.”

Vyrina paused looking down sadly at the ground.

“I thought he had cold feet and was afraid of the responsibility he would have. Then my second suitor came. He was a lost prince and I knew he would make the perfect king. And a couple days later, he left me two. I had a feeling that there was more than just cold feet going on. I found a note under my pillow that night, saying that the kingdom was corrupt and needed to be purged. Then four days later my third suitor left me and I learned why. My father had been paying them to leave because he had a new heir to the throne coming. Then I realized that my adopted mother and father where the reason for my suffering. They didn't really want me, but my real mother had already shown that she did. Jadis is the kind of leader Narnia needs.”

“Jadis doesn't care about you,” said Peter. “She just wants to get out so she can take Narnia over again. That's all she needs you for.”

“I know that, but at least she wants me for something,” Vyrina stated. Peter looked at her confused. “It's about time you got some rest, High King. It's going to be a long day tomorrow.”