No one answered.
I stuck my head in and noticed it was dark inside. He wasn’t there?
It should’ve been reason enough for me to close the door and prepare for bed, but once again, curiosity got the better of me, and I found myself creeping into his room.
A chill went down my back and through my arms at the temperature of the room. It was much colder than my own room had been, colder than any other part of the castle.
The prince’s bed was empty, the dark blue bedspread still tucked up into place. My eyes wandered across the rest of the room when a rustling sound behind me made me almost jump.
I snapped around and spotted Prince Theo sitting on the couch in the dark. My heart nearly leaped out of my chest.
My immediate reaction was to get down on my knee and announce myself, but then I heard the faint sound of even breathing.
I looked up and realized that he wasn’t awake. His head was tipping to the side and only a thin stream of moonlight illuminating his slumbering form.