chapter 47

I let out a long sigh as I looked at the large doors leading in to the tea gallery.

It was my least favorite place in the main castle right after the one room Dorian Great had dragged me in to.

I had had a great night with Barlion.

After I had expressed my concerns to him and he had told me that his younger brother will now be sitting in the council chambers next to him, we had sat in silence.

I was certain that Barlion would want to be alone and go through the lists of names but when I had tried to leave, Barlion had told me to stay.

I stayed sited on his left leg as we both looked through the names of the handmaids that had passed through a trial and worked in the main castle.

We ended up staying up for most of the night, reading through the lives and expiriances of the recent handmaids but only stopped when I let out a yawn one too many times.

I had wanted to keep going. We had only tackled a few of the recent handmaids and there were a lot to look through.

Barlion wanted to star