CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Stephania moved quietly through the castle in the early morning. She doubted any of the other nobles who had been at the party last night would be awake yet. Lucious would certainly still be snoring. Normally, even Stephania would not have woken so early. This was an hour for servants and their chores, not for those who commanded them.
Under other circumstances she would probably have had her maid beaten for waking her. Only the contents of the message she had received had her padding through the corridors now in jeweled slippers.
In a way, it was probably a good thing that no one else was awake right now. Stephania wanted to do this without too many prying eyes.
She met the woman who had come in a small receiving room, barely large enough to accommodate the couch on w
