As Cade relaxes his arms, I see we’re in an eight-sided space right at the top of the tower. It has huge windows with wide, cushioned seats underneath and spectacular views. Moonlight floods in, filling the space with silver light. I stiffen. This is my least favorite kind of place. He’s staring ...
After our morning encounter, I felt elated, like I always did after discipline. I chatted brightly, increasingly alarmed at Jacquard’s gloom but keen to find out his movements. “So, what will you do for the rest of this week, sir? Take some hits in the fencing rooms? Place a bet on the fight at G...
Billy’s right. Darnley’s starting to look stressed. Little things, like the way the light slants off his face at sharper angles than before. Like the way he spends long hours on business – but alone, not striding about in front of me while he shaves in the mornings or pacing our room half-dressed...