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Fiona made her way into the attached room. It was a storage room. Tsking, she stepped out wondering where the quarters of the maids were.

She flinched badly before crouching down behind a counter at a breakneck speed when she saw a guard walking past the doorway. Her heart thumped in her ears and she chided herself for her urgency to escape.

Once sure that no one was in sight she hurried to the door with the intent to escape back to her room.

If she got caught, Adrian might get punished as well because he didn't lock her room. Despite everything that guy had tended to her after both the Princes punished her. She believed the King had ordered him to look after her.

She poked her head out of the door before peeking to her right and left. Once sure the coast was clear, she made a beeline to the stairs. Just when she was about to step on the third stair a calloused hand clamped on her mouth and she was yanked back.

Breath got knocked out of her when her body collided with a hard wall. She