Chapter 14 Tia Bronagh had to be around here somewhere. Tierney had barely slept all night after the conversation with Keir, but now he wasn’t the royal on her mind. “Wake up.” She kicked the edge of Veren’s bed in the identical room next to hers. He grumbled something unintelligible and rolled over. “Veren.” Nothing. Gulliver pushed open Veren’s door and poked his head in. “She’s not in the hall eating breakfast.” Tierney let out an exasperated huff. “I checked her room in the servants' quarters, and she wasn’t there either.” Bronagh hadn’t shown up with her usual morning tea—something she was horribly bad at, but she had to do it to keep up appearances. “Stop tickling me,” Veren muttered with a small giggle. He still hadn’t opened his eyes. “Oh yes, please keep doing that.” Ti

