Ritchie had thought that Fitz was leading them back to the diplomat school, but after twice the usual time had passed, she realized she had no idea where they were. The sun directly overhead was almost too hot now that they had no shade. And there was no sound of other cadets anywhere around them. In fact, she was pretty sure the buzz she heard was from bees. A lot of bees, somewhere not too far away.
"Where are we going?" she finally asked Fitz.
He looked up, startled. And she realized he hadn"t been leading them anywhere. He had just been walking.
"Do you know where we are?" he asked her sheepishly.
"No," she said, annoyed with him all over again. "Does anyone know where this place is? It doesn"t look like even the gardeners come out here." Indeed, the flowerbeds that ran alongside t
