Hilde was flinching inwardly as the Viscount kept talking, and she didn't miss the looks her sister, her aunt, and nearly everyone else still present were shooting her way. Though she wanted to, she could not have kept what had happened at the outlying village a secret, but if she had the power, she'd have sworn everyone who was present to silence.
Showing a spare smile, Hilde shook her head and insisted that the Viscount's apologies were unnecessary.
"I only hope Lady Saskia will tell me when I may train again," she said.
"Train?" Lady Ilse quipped from behind the Queen. "What? Swords still?"
Hilde's sister turned her head ever so slightly towards their aunt, but that was enough for the Lady to understand she was being ordered to keep quiet.
"If I may," Leal cut in this time, barely
