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The palace was oddly quiet, partly because of the ball, and partly because of the soldiers going ahead of me and making sure all of the corridors were cleared of enemies. I tried not to worry too much about how the rest of the rebellion was getting on, or how Jonathan was. His plan was to be in the main banquet hall talking to the nobles. I wasn't sure if any of them would listen to him, but I supposed it didn't matter. So long as they didn't feel the need to run about the palace and potentially get themselves harmed or killed, then his job was done. If they believed him, then it was just a bonus.
"There's an office down here, Your Highness," one of the soldiers said to me.
I nodded. "Thank you, I'll take a look." We'd already found three others, none of which had been Katya's, and n
