"Your guards can't follow you as that would expose you, so I assume you've a plan on how to arrange for your safety?" the Queen said, her face still a blank mask like emotions was now an expensive thing she couldn't afford.
Ember nodded hesitantly. "I've already taken care of my itinerary. So do trust me and believe I will be back before afternoon."
Ember wasn't expecting it, but the Queen didn't ask for any further information and merely dismissed her. And in that moment, she felt profoundly the weight of the Queen's trust in her. And failing that trust seemed like a capital crime—the most heinous of its kind.
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After speaking with the Queen that morning, Ember sent a letter to Khaos BlueBlood addressed at The Nirvana where he was staying. And as she expected, he was climbing her window in broad daylight in less than thirty minutes since the letter was sent out.
