Chapter 55

“Are you still awake your highness?” Van whispered from her side of the bunk bed. “Yes,” came my steady reply. The time was unknown to me, though judging by the stillness of the night and the silence that followed, it must have been midnight. Vanessa and I were inside the maid quarters. We have been provided a single room, with a bunk bed where I took the bottom position, plus a bathroom where we could do our business. To a commoner, the room was rather large, but because I was raised...