9
I slept through most of the next day, exhausted from sneaking in and out of the palace. I hadn't intended for it to take so much of a toll on me, but I wasn't surprised. My adrenaline had been high for the entire day, and there'd been the confrontation with Katya to contend with. Which was still confusing me. Why had she done that? She could have called her guards and had me confined to the dungeons. There was no chance of me running a rebellion from there.
Yet another thing about Katya that didn't make sense.
I got out of my bed and grabbed one of my simple dresses from the trunk. I'd been avoiding anything with a corset in order to avoid a repeat of that day. The last thing I wanted was to end up passed out on the floor and unable to move again. It had taken me a few days to recover
