Lauralye stood and stepped away from her father's door which allowed Robert to open it. When Robert told her father that he would allow him to chose how to deal with David she spoke up, "No."

Her father looked at her quite surprised. He shook his head in confusion, "What?"

Lauralye took a deep breath, "I'm not going to remove one bad king from the throne to place a slightly less bad king on it...." Her father looked hurt by her words and she could anger welling up in her. She held his gaze, "You stopped caring about the people when mother died. You locked the gates and spent more money than our treasury held... I'm going to take the throne as Queen and I am going to clean up your mess... I only release you from your cell because I cannot stand to see my father here but if you are going to fight me on this decision... You can leave... and" Lauralye voice cracked as she started to cry, "And never come back..."