Chapter 121: Adelaide.

We start at the library.

I suggest that we take the gossip route first, people tend to know a lot about things they aren’t supposed to in castles, at least according to the books I’ve read but Cain simply shakes his head.

“Asking questions will get you in the dungeons faster than you can blink.”

Safira chuckles and I realize she agrees with him. When I look at her she nods and there’s a sad light in her eyes.

“Even the wind has ears. Stories have come out of this palace that would make your gut clench and your intestines roil. Stay alert at all times, and for your sake, calculate every move you make.”

A chill races down my spine and I glare at both of them as they chuckle and look away.

My eyes search for the forest green leather-bound book the Royal librarian suggested we get and I let my mind wander elsewhere.

Cain and Safira don’t say things because they want to, they say it because they have to. So far their words have been credible enough, except for the part where they said I wo