#CHAPTER 75: Hopeless

THIRD PERSON POV Little did Maeve know that the answer to her question lurked closer than she realized. As she and her two companions gathered themselves and left the bistro, Bella sat at a not-so-distant table, hidden in plain sight behind a large potted plant and a carefully placed menu. She watched as the three women left the vicinity, but did not make a move to follow them. Once she was certain she was alone, she lowered her menu and huffed, struggling to make sense of some of what she overheard. Without a doubt, that had been Maeve she had trailed for the past hour. That could no longer be put into question. And the older woman she was in company with was indeed Prince Xaden’s housekeeper. Whether the third woman was, in fact, Princess Charlotte was yet to be proven, though. Not that it particularly mattered here. Bella was able to identify that Maeve was still located in the heart of the capital. But… there was something that she couldn’t wrap her mind around. A name, to