Raena licked her lips, her eyes darting between Emer and where Kassian and the princess stood. After a few long seconds of heavy silence, she took a calming breath, turning to face Emer.
How could she not see it? His exotic looks, his reason for being in the Capital, and his interest in business. If she had listened more carefully to the conversations between Kassian and Yulien, she might have figured it out. She was so focused on her own thoughts, her return to work, and the preparations for the festival that she didn’t bother with things that didn’t concern her. She had done it again—focusing on the wrong things.
But she had decided already. She was done thinking small and doing things that only benefited her. It was time she backed up Kassian and even Yulien, time to act according to
