Just like before, I found myself started by the way that the adjoining door opened, and I sat upright as fast as I could. I didn’t know why I was panicking as much as I was, because I knew that the only people who knew I was here, was Dae and a handful of servants. And even those handful of servants were under the impression that I was being moved to another chamber, if they didn’t think that I had already moved.
When Dae appeared in the clearing, I couldn’t help but notice the way that his eyes had widened. He almost looked surprised to see me here, but I knew that it was probably something else that had him feeling this way.
“Sorry that I took so long.”
He stepped into my chambers in a manner that was almost cautious, and if I didn’t know any better, I would have thought that there
