<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/98/5b/d8985b98a1edf0a3b46e0dbc84993f46.jpg)</div><br/><br/>Stunned on the inside, so very taken aback with shock by the answer her master gave her.   No immediate response comes out.  She is frozen there as the big reveal resonates in her head.   It bounced in her thoughts.   Each one coming to he is her brother.  It is a struggle to calm her mind, finally  she is able to and respond.<br/><br/>"I am a slave."  She meant to say she is the empress.   But for some reason she could not.   "I am a slave."  She tries again to no avail.  Then she goes to reveal she is his sister.  "I am your concubine."  She could not say she is his sister.   She believes then at that moment.   That it is linked to the dreams she is having,  that the gods have spoken and want him to be emperor.   Not realizing she has been geas by a powerful witches coven that is even more powerful then even she is at this time.   More then that,  the fact he is her brother begins to fade from her mind.   As if he never had mentioned he is the bastard son of her late father.   Again the powerful coven ritual magic of a geas placed upon her.<br/><br/>Of course, she would point out she is a slave, his concubine.  Concubines don't fight,  but he needed her and she had massive healing skills.