She still couldn't believe that he was really there. Somehow she'd known Morte couldn't see them or they would have been dead the moment they arrived. Celeste wondered how long the spell would last. She didn't really know how powerful her mother was because she'd never casted a spell in front of her. How much time did they have? She needed a private place to talk to them so they could tell her their plans. Already, she was uneasy about the servant who couldn't speak. What if he was pretending? Or he had a way to communicate with Morte?
"I will show her around and explain to her how things work in the palace" she told Morte who couldn't take his eyes off Esadora. Was he really in love or playing her again? He had just been stabbed by the woman he wanted to live happily with but hadn't don
