CHAPTER SIXTEEN
They put Sophia in chambers as large as any she’d had back in Ashton’s castle, with Kate somewhere nearby. Sophia half expected her sister to be in there the moment she woke, wanting to explore the city, but instead it was Rika who opened the door, coming in with a dress on her arm.
“I thought you would be up. Your sister said we should let you sleep while she rode off, but I thought that was just wasting the day.”
“Kate rode off?” Sophia asked.
“Oh, not like that. Frig and Ulf were going to show her the countryside around the city.”
That sounded more like Kate.
“Here,” Rika said. “I brought you one of my dresses. I’ll show you the city, if you like.”
“I’d like that,” Sophia said. It was strange how quickly her uncle’s family had taken her in, and how natural it felt
