It became a sort of routine for Kalliope. After Malus got up and left the chambers for his duties, she would head off to the library if there wasn’t anything pre-arranged on her schedule. Which was almost always empty.
There was so much to learn at the Royal library, and Kalliope couldn’t say Rafail’s boundless enthusiasm for books and magic was unwelcomed. She did get to meet Greta eventually, the older woman prim and proper as any respectable Chief Librarian would be. Kalliope caught glimpses of Freydis every now and again, but it seemed the young woman, about the same age as Rafail, was assigned to Princess Alista as her tutor.
In the same fashion, or perhaps not as nobody could tell with these relationships within the castle, Rafail was assigned to serve Kalliope with her frequent v
