Gus didn't come back.
Worried that something had happened to him, when I woke up in time for dinner I poked my head out to see if there was anyone I could ask about him. I'd even made it to the staircase before I remembered that I had told Sir Fairenson that I'd be in my room all day. I'd just turned around, planning on heading to Roman's office to ask him if he knew, when I saw Roman turning around the corner from said office, most likely on his way down to dinner.
His face lit up with a smile on seeing me.
I returned the smile out of habit, but my insides jerked tight, remembering Gus's words about him. Could it be that Roman had a side to him much darker than I had anticipated?
But Roman talked to me as he usually did. There was nothing amiss in the friendly way he offered his ar
