Chapter 232: The Royal Palace (1)

«Come with me, Thea,» Alexander says when we pass next to the secret entrance of the Royal Palace.

«Come where?»

«To buy some clothes,» he murmurs, heading towards a shop on the corner.

Oh, I know this one! It's where I bought my peasant clothes when I wanted to visit the city in secret.

«We shouldn't get in like this unless you'd like rumours to spread through the whole Empire,» my husband continues. «But we'll manage to get in there without being discovered.»

I've used the secret passages to get out the Palace, not to infiltrate. Does it mean I was in danger all this time? If getting in is so easy...

«Have you used your knowledge to spy on me?» I inquire, pouting my lips. «To watch me sleep, bathe, despair over your strategies...»