Chapter 46

Winter’s POV

My heart and skills went into making the dress as beautiful, creative, and presentable as I could because, in the end, it wasn’t about impressing Lordan but the dowager. This was merely a passage of gold through the fire, as I’d like to make myself think otherwise.

Once I was done making the dress, I made sure to subject it to all kinds of protection as I could because there was no doubt Dorra was going to have her eyes out, and the dress would be her target. I wondered how, despite the fact that she had not managed to get a defeat from me, she had sailed through all three days without a scratch.

Was she that good and fitting to become someone who would be handed responsibilities of such a core part of the castle as the inner chambers?

“Do not let anyone in. I mean, no one,” I ordered Eliza and trusted her to stay true to her task. Hour by hour, I would also go in to see that the dress was still intact. So, in case something else unforesee