Chapter Seventy-Seven- Adriana Gervais- 19 yrs old

George escorted Ana to the cells, but he couldn’t say much to her since they had several other guards with them. If any of them heard the wrong thing and repeated it to anyone, their plan would go up in a blaze of glory.

“Just be patient. I’m sure the emperor’s people will discover you had nothing to do with this. Try to keep calm and don’t talk to anyone. Anything you say could be used against you later.”

“I’ll be perfectly fine, and I can easily get through this. There’s no question that I’ll stay calm, and I won’t say anything that can come back to bite me in my…” Ana didn’t want to finish this, and it just proved her wrong again.

“It made my point. This is exactly why I said that to you. Please, Princess, hold your tongue. This will be over soon enough.” George tried and failed not to roll his eyes in exasperation. He was sure that he’d lost some hair to the sheer number of times he’d run his hand through it as he tried to think past each complication.

“I promise I won’t say the w