“No, I am intending to go with my Papa. He is very knowledgeable about houses, and of course, he grew up in London and lived here except when he was at school.”
“I have a great admiration for your father,” Freddie said, “but even more for his very beautiful daughter.”
Alissia did not understand quite why, but somehow his compliment made her feel strangely uncomfortable.
She had received many compliments since coming to London and she was actually beginning to take them as a matter of course.
But there was something unpleasant about the way Lord Pronett paid his or maybe it was the man himself.
She felt strongly that there was something wrong about him, yet she could not put a name to it.
She rose to her feet.
“I must go back to the Palace, my Lord, I am sure there are things waiting
