Chapter 23

Winter’s POV

I quickly got up from the floor, dusted off my clothes, and started walking back to the feast area.

“I will walk with you,” Lordan offered.

“No—please…don’t. I will find my way on my own.”

“Why the sudden change in behavior? You threw yourself at me just seconds ago.”

“It was a mistake,” I mustered shakily, feeling all sense of guilt for Lucas having seen that.

What must he be thinking of me after that? As if ruining the day’s plan wasn’t enough.

I meandered through the crowd of people, and the next person I saw was Dorra again.

“Long live the king,” she paid her respects, and it was then I realized Lordan had been following behind me.

“Lady Vivian,” Lordan answered fondly.

I was taken aback.

Vivian?

Did Dorra change her name?

I hadn’t wanted to spare my time wondering what Dorra had been up to these several months past, but hearing Lordan address her with this new name got me curious.