Princess Ana's pov
"This? It's nothing." I eyed the coat like it wasn't mine. There was no way I was going to leave the coat down there so I picked it up.
"You should give it to me if it is nothing…" Daryl tried to collect the coat from me. Then she paused. "It has no scent."
I cleared my throat. "That's because you have come down with a cold. Now let's leave before my father finds me here."
"He won't. They are busy discussing the alliance."
Yeah, the alliance. I was worried to the core about the outcome.
"What do you think they are saying?" I whispered.
Her tensed face told me she did not want to talk about it. A part of me also reminded that she could be hiding something from me. "You don't want to tell me." I feared the worst. "Was that why you told the prince I was indisposed?"
