CHAPTER 6Twenty-four hours ago, I would’ve been exhilarated to find myself in a private tram with the Soghos twins and their younger sister, Vescha, for an exclusive tour of the solarium, but that had been before I’d spent almost an entire night discovering how big the world was outside of an eight-foot octagonal cage. Though the streets of Risaeng might be packed with delights from across the planet and beyond the stars, none of it could compare to Dek. I didn’t want to be out in the city. I wanted to spend the afternoon in the conservatory.
It wasn’t a viable possibility, though. The Regent had scheduled everybody’s day. To deviate from it risked questions I wouldn’t be able to answer without lying, and then the truth would get discovered for sure. As it was, I’d barely made breakfast,
