Chapter 45.

I couldn't tell you how long I walked the halls before Elise found me. It was embarrassing enough that I couldn't find my way back to my room but when she told me that I was in the wrong wing of the palace I just gave up.

She guided me back through the twists and turns of the halls and the stairs, it was like a jigsaw puzzle and I had no clue how I would get out of here.

One of these days I needed to sit down and map everything out. I knew that down the right corridor and past two hallways, down two flights of stairs and past three colorless doors was the door that led out of the palace- the one that Gabe used to get me out.

I hated to admit it but that was everything I knew and that was a piece of information that I’d keep safely tucked away until I needed it.

“Has he told you anything about tonight's ball?” Elise asked while she dried my hair. I told her that it wasn't necessary, that I could fix it myself but she insisted, stating that it’d been her job since she was a little girl