Kira’s POV
Poor child?
She’s what, two years older than Abby? Tops. Why talk like some ancient nanny scolding a toddler? Creepy and suspicious.
“Liana,” I said, voice sharp, interrupting her scramble. “What did you just say?”
She stopped dead, hands clamping in that classic maid pose…fingers laced tight, head bowing low like I was royalty mid-execution.
“It was an honest slip, Princess. Since I’ve not been by your side like before, I’ve been around the young palace maids. Their lingo is rubbing off on me. I’m sorry if it put you off, Abby. But the important thing…we have the hair. We need to hurry the cleaning ritual. He tainted you again and that’s pretty bad. You have little to no time left. I need to leave and get to work as fast as possible.”
She turned to bolt, even before I d
