Chapter 65

AUTHOR’S POV

“Princess! Princess!!”

Odessa looked up as Evelyn rushed in, her breath fast and choppy. She stood up immediately, dropping the yarn and knitting pins that she'd been holding.

“Evelyn, are you okay? What's the matter?” Odessa asked, holding her maid by the shoulder, her eyes frantically moving all over Evelyn's face which was filled with panic.

“Mit…Mitchell, Mitchell…” Evelyn couldn't speak properly as she was still trying to catch her breath.

“Mitchell? What happened to her? Talk to me!” Odessa asked.

“Mitchell…fell…”

“I don't understand you, Evelyn. What do you mean she fell? Fell from where?”

Odessa began to panic as tears filled Evelyn’s eyes. She'd never seen her maid cry, not even once.

“Someone pushed her from the top floor of the castle.”

It felt like Odessa was doused with a bucket of iced water. Her hands holding Evelyn’s shoulder dropped to her side and her gaze was unfocused for a moment.

Evelyn continued speaking, oblivious to Odessa’s reaction, “I