True enough, Gregor had to leave in a fortnight.
He left quietly as he came. The duchess could not blame him for not saying goodbye to her. The night was theirs, but not the day when everyone’s eyes were actively scouting every move.
She reminded herself that they had made the most of his time left, meeting every other night in the maze. Dorothea could not believe how lax the guards were. It was true that they only were alert whenever the kingdom was at war.
But Shadowcreek barely participated in any war. It had always pledged allegiance to Kingspell, which governed the rest of the continent. The nearest enemy would be the kingdom beyond the sea, Arrowspear. The royals there were more like warriors than pampered ones like the ones in the surrounding minor kingdoms of Kingspell. In Kin
