"A celebration?"
He nodded as she blinked, trying to process exactly what she herself had just said a moment ago..
"We will throw a ball for the event of your wedding to Octavian, Your Majesty." Lyov clarified.
"But..." She blinked. "Isn't the wedding still a month from now?"
Her knight was silent a moment. "Yes, Your Majesty, that is correct."
She gave him a look that she hoped sufficiently expressed her strong feelings of '????'.
She couldn't speak those many question marks out loud.
She lacked the verbal acuity to really get that across.
So she hoped her face could do it for her.
She looked up to meet his gaze steadily as he cleared his throat and offered an explanation.
"Yes, it is indeed true that the date of your wedding to His Highness of Pristan is not until next month. However..."
He trailed off and looked vaguely uncomfortable.