Chapter 120

After Sia leaves, I leave to go find Mila, except that I can’t find her anywhere. I ask the servants, the ones I could find roaming about, but no one seems to know where she is, or maybe they didn’t want to tell me anything regarding her whereabouts, simply because they despise me.

“Hello, do you know where I can find the handmaiden quarters, if there is such a thing?”

The maid only scurries off. I sigh, exhausted.

“I wonder why she’s looking for the royal servants quarters at this ungodly hour,” someone laughed. It just had to be Armaddan. She was seated along the hallway with some other women, all in their nightdresses. I think they’re Ruarc’s wives since they’re a total of six in number.

“Maybe she has finally realized that, that’s her rightful place,” one of them remarked.

Now I’m not the kind of person to stand around while people say shit about me.

“You know, if you’ve got something to say about someone, it’s best you say it to their face,”