Thea stood up from the bed when she woke up, Ethan wasn't in the room with her and it was his first time to wake up before her. She had always been the one getting up before him in bed.
Theadora slipped herself into a flimsy nightwear and she headed out of the room to find him. She could suddenly feel that something was wrong somewhere and for the first time in her life she was worried for Ethan. It was in the middle of the night, most of the guards were not in their duty post, Thea walked alone in the dark corridor as most of the candlelight had gone out. She reached the front of Ethan's study, inside, she could hear voices of men discussing. It was between Ethan and another man. She couldn't recognize his voice so she guessed that it was a stranger. Thea tried to eavesdrop on their conv
