CHAPTER SIXValona awoke feeling apprehensive.
There were so many things that could go wrong and she felt so helpless because there was nothing she could do about it.
When they finished dinner the night before, she had thought that the Ladies-in-Waiting chosen for her seemed rather dreary.
She hoped they would not always be in attendance, trying to recall what her mother had told her about the Court at her father’s Palace.
As the Ladies-in-Waiting did not concern her then, she had paid little attention to them.
When she said goodnight to Prince Ajax, he bowed low over her hand and as he did so, he said in a whisper that only she could hear,
“You have been so splendid. Thank you, I am most grateful.”
She smiled at him and then she turned to the Duke.
“Everything will work out all ri
