The basin hit the floor before I even registered Sienna standing in the doorway, water spreading in a dark sheet across the stone, her hands pressed to her mouth in open-mouthed shock.
I was on my feet in an instant, putting myself between the maid and Arwen out of pure instinct, though there was nothing to defend against except the truth of what Sienna had walked in on the pendant clutched in Arwen's fist, my hand still covering hers, the two of them close enough that no innocent explanation would survive scrutiny.
"Sienna " Arwen started, her voice still unsteady from the drug clinging to her blood.
"I didn't see anything." Sienna dropped to her knees immediately, scrambling for the shattered pieces of the basin with shaking hands, refusing to meet either of our eyes. "I'll fetch anot
