Chapter 29Jeyan was far from clear about what it was she intended to do. She was also fearful about the consequences that this impromptu exploring might bring down upon her.
‘I was anxious to follow your Excellencies but I’m unfamiliar with the Citadel and I became lost.’
Like a child she had prepared this excuse when barely a dozen paces from her room in the event of her encountering the Gevethen or being challenged. After all, the door had been left not only unlocked, but open, hadn’t it? Initially she included an account of the time spent removing the two bodies and the remains of the shattered mirrors, but some more reflective instinct told her to make no reference to these unless they were mentioned first.
Her heart was thumping painfully as she moved cautiously through the corrido
