Chapter 62: Chapter 61: LUCIEN

All in all she's acclimated herself rather nicely to being here. Too bad I've had to curtail her enthusiasm so soon after we arrived. I had a few words with her staff who were ensconced in my palace since I had yet to take her to hers. I wasn't quite ready yet for the separate living quarters. I gave them strict orders not to leave her alone before giving her guards the same speech.

I didn't send a servant to warn mom that I was coming as protocol dictates that I should, and I didn't walk over. Instead I just appeared in her living room, shielding myself from her as I stood in the middle of the room and watched her, looking for any signs that something was off.