The room Caius led me to was far grander than any room I had ever slept in before, and I felt uneasy when I woke up in the comfortable bed. I spent an eternity staring up at the ceiling and hoping he wouldn’t come in to speak to me.
I didn’t belong somewhere like this. I had never wanted to belong somewhere like this, either.
But here I was - lying awake in this grand bed in the most luxurious home in the Empire because this was probably going to be my home now, too; the thought made me shiver, but I had too many things on my mind to dwell on it for long and I forced myself out of the soft bed with its feather-stuffed mattress to face the day.
I wanted to see Cal, and to speak to Caius about what I would want in exchange for living here.
I also wanted to know what had gone on between
