Aribelle nodded. 

"We'll go to my fathers-...my study, where we can be alone and away from all of the commotion of the celebration" she responded to Alex, getting up from her seat. Nodding respectfully to the surrounding guards, she added, "I won't need any further protection for tonight. You've done your jobs well, so you may retire to your quarters or do whatever else catches your fancy, as there's still some fun to be had outside for the festivities."

She highly doubted that a king would try and assassinate a Queen personally and by himself, which would be far too risky and, quite frankly, wouldn't make any sense to her anyways. Maybe some royalty would always insist for there to be guards around but Aribelle was not one of them. It seemed like a waste of time when they could be doing other things. It was a once in a lifetime event, after all, unless she happened to meet her untimely demise sooner rather than later.