Chapter 26
“The princess asks that you join her in her quarters,” the courtier said from the door. He was a short man, red of course, on the older side. He had an extremely crazy haircut which couldn’t possibly be easy to maintain each day.
“Um… Is it appropriate?” Guillermo hesitated. He rubbed the sleep dust off his eyes.
“It would certainly be inappropriate to keep her waiting, Liaison.”
“Right. Give me a minute, please.” He shut the door to his room and splashed water on his face. Sure, he was on call 24/7 but he did need some alone time. What could she possibly want this late at night? As far as he knew Ekrignontes needed sleep as much as humans did. In fact it was one of those universal panhuman traits that Lorenzo kept going on and on about. “It’s so weird, we’re all so alike al
