When they arrived at the hallway where the queen would turn off to proceed to her chambers, Rona turned to Kit and said, “That went much better than I anticipated.” Kit raised both eyebrows but said nothing, and the Queen’s Guard as well as most of the noblewomen, who also needed to head that direction to reach their rooms, followed after the queen, a few of them, such as Junno and Zora, stopping to tell Kit goodnight.
“That was... odd,” Seph murmured as the rest of them continued on their way to the princess’s side of the castle.
“It truly was,” Kit agreed. She looked around and saw about a dozen of her guards, headed by Tem and Galtor with Lok and another man she knew well called Muk behind them. She caught Lok’s eyes momentarily, and he gave her a reassuring smile. At least she wouldn
