He was aware that the man would not follow him to the servants’ quarters, so he hurried to his room to catch a breather. He needed to wash his face, and regain a neutral color and fast, as a servant with cheeks ablaze would have made, for sure, a strange subject for conversation in the lavishly appointed dining room.As he got in the hallways again, he almost head-butted the redhead servant from earlier.“Cory,” the servant said sternly, “your master is a bit dissatisfied with your sudden disappearance.”“I will be right there,” he said quickly and tried to get fast past the redhead.“My name is Dion,” the servant said, catching his arm.He turned to smile at the other. “Nice name,” he commented, and the other winked at him.“I’ll help you out tonight,” the redhead walked side by side with him. “It is your first party? Of this size, I mean?”“Yes, it is,” Cory admitted, while still walking fast.“Sorry about earlier, we were way too nosy. But a servant’s life does not have that many h
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