"Doesn't appear that way," Mina replied, looking around. Although it wouldn't bother her that much if someone did. She had few qualms about scrounging these days. Especially considering the way these people had treated her.

Or rather, the way the Queen felt these people had treated her.

That was a problem she had not yet reconciled. And call it pride or arrogance or even fear, she simply couldn't bring herself to talk to anyone about it. Even Anna. Especially Anna.

Mina smiled through the pain. "I suppose you should stake your claim. Claim the land in the name of Maine, as it were."