CHAPTER TWELVE Kate was thankful she wasn’t going in the same direction as Sebastian. She could see that he loved Sophia, but that still didn’t make things around him any simpler. If she’d had to follow him all the way to the training grounds, it would have been difficult, deciding what to do next. As it was, Sebastian soon turned off the path, heading for whatever royal regiment he was serving with. The truly rich didn’t serve with the free companies. They served with the historic regiments, or they owned their own companies. It made things simpler in a lot of ways. Kate doubted that Sophia would be happy if Sebastian got caught up in her revenge. “An interesting young man.” Kate jumped at the sound of Siobhan’s voice, then stepped back in shock as the woman of the forest stepped out