CHAPTER NINETEEN
Sophia felt strange, slipping out of the castle grounds and into the city. One of the guards on the gates fell into step with her, and she turned, staring at him, not knowing what he wanted.
The prince will have our posts if we let anything happen.
“You’re following me because you think it’s what Prince Sebastian wants?” Sophia asked.
“Yes, my lady,” the guard said.
A part of her wanted to tell him that it wasn’t what she wanted, because there were places she needed to go today that were better visited unobserved. She didn’t, though, and not just because it would have been suspicious for a noblewoman to turn down that kind of protection.
The truth was that Ashton was a dangerous place. Just the thought of having to go down into it filled Sophia with a sense of fear a
