It had been an entire week since her explosive conversation with the Empress about the orphanage. Lord Wodsworth was helping her and Lady Molly figure out how much renovations for the orphanage would cost.
He'd sent all his carnival members away back to Pacem but he’d offered to call them back.
“We could put on a show for free,” he’d offered. “My carnival members wouldn’t mind, and the proceeds could be used for the orphanage?”
“I don’t want them to come back and risk being arrested again. I don’t trust Vesky,” Lily replied as they all sat in his carnival tent.
It was not lost on Lily how Lady Molly and Lord Wodsworth had been spending more and more time together. Lady Molly had been labelled a spinster in their society. Furthermore, she’d been claimed as someone too old to be marr
