Chapter Forty-Six
Prince Cadoc
I kissed Penelope in the shadows of the old campus, for who knew how long, and then I took her back to her dorm. Once she was safe inside her room, I took out my cell phone and called my father.
“Cadoc?” King Ashford said. “Is everything alright? It’s the middle of the night, son.”
“I’ve a problem, father,” I said, “two, really.”
“What’s that?” he asked.
“Bexley’s trailer was broken into, and Penelope just had a message delivered to her from Rosa Nigrum.”
There was a long pause. “What did say?”
“Revolutions are red
Violence is blue
We are watching your every move,” I repeated the poem that Penelope had quoted to me.
“Is that a threat or encouragement?” the King asked. “Because it sounds like it could be either.”
“That’s what worries m
