Chapter117:

The next morning, Kit could see Danyen wanted to tell her something. She struggled with listening to her mother discuss the ball she had scheduled for the following evening because she wanted to see what it was Danyen had discovered. Even Cassius’s winking only served as a temporary distraction. Once the queen had finished eating and left the room, Kit made her way down off of the dais. Eli was standing to leave, and Kit noted he looked much better. She had spoken to him briefly the day before, but she hadn’t mentioned her conversation with Danyen because she had a feeling he would tell her it was silly. Cassius was still suspicious but hadn’t come out and asked her, and he was standing behind Eli when she reached them near the middle of the room. She caught Danyen’s smile over their shoulders. “Good morning, gentlemen,” Kit said. Despite her distraction, she couldn’t help but grin at both of them. Cassius had a mischievous twinkle in his eye, and she hoped he wouldn’t say anything abo