Aria’s POV
When Grayson left I felt terrible. Before I knew he wouldn’t do what Emilio has done to me but after seeing him kill I wasn’t sure what I knew. I still didn’t mean to accuse him like that. Hopefully, he could cool down during his trip.
While he was gone I could use this time to get to know the type of person he truly was.
In the morning I got up early since consistent sleep with Grayson gone was near impossible anyway. I walked around the castle until I saw a woman who looked distressed outside the dining room. “s**t, s**t, s**t,” she swore as she started marking up papers on a clipboard.
“Is everything okay?” I asked.
She jumped when she saw me. “Queen Aria.” She chuckled nervously. “No everything is fine, just fine, It’s perfect even,” she lied.
“I’m not going to tell
