I was lead through the castle much like I had been the same day I arrived, being taken to the same bathing chamber and all. “Where’s Kit?” I asked as I looked to Gertrude as someone else did my hair.
“She’s been taken care of since she did not do her duties correctly.” Gertrude winced, not saying any more. I would have felt bad about that, but she was spying on me for the King after all. They had me bathed quicker than the last time, primped, and at the door to the King’s room before I could even say another word; Lady Helen escorting me personally.
“In all my years of being the Kings aide, he’s never been through this much trouble for a bitch.” She said under her breath, glaring at me. “I had one day hoped he would have recognized me as his fated mate, but now that will never happen tha
