A noise in the bushes behind her had Kit turning around, and she gasped in shock when she realized a man had just managed to pull himself up and over the barrier of shrubs that lined the outer edges of the garden. Her eyes immediately flew to her guards at the gate, but they hadn’t taken notice, and when she turned back to see who the intruder was, she realized the outline was a familiar one. She stood staring at him in shock as the shadowy form stepped into the first beams of fresh moonlight, a large grin upon his face.
Jecobian opened his mouth as if he would speak, but she raised a finger to her lips to remind him they were not allowed to talk, not yet, not until the next morning. She moved back so that she was in the shadow of a large blue moon wisteria, and his hands immediately enci
