Crown Prince Lukas was immediately suspicious of Karl's intentions. It didn't take a genius to realize that he knew more than he was willing to share, so now that he was pushing for Rue to be made Crown Princess, his motives were definitely suspect.
Could it be that Karl wanted her to take over his position?
Or did he just think that Rue would make a good Queen?
The third possibility was the one that was truly disturbing, though. What if the Chaos Dragon had foreseen something that made it necessary for Rue to be Queen? Could there be some catastrophe headed their way that would be averted with certain people in just the right role?
Having the right person doing the job when things went wrong was the most foolproof method of saving citizens in a disaster.
But the not knowing was killing him.
