CHAPTER 8I might’ve been a little rude at breakfast. And I do regret it, but when I saw I wasn’t eating with Dourack, my top priority was to get through the meal as quickly as I could so I could corner him in private and quiz him about his meeting with the Regent yesterday.
He left before I did. I had no clue what his itinerary might be—mine included time for shopping in Risaeng’s open markets this morning, lunch with the solarium’s architects, and an afternoon dedicated to test drives of the newest solo trams down at the Regent’s own course—so I had to find him before he disappeared completely and I spent an entire day surrounded by people who knew more about my potential future than I did. I excused myself with a smile and held my step in check until I was out of sight of the dining roo
