Chapter 42: The Morning After

'Peaceful' wasn't a term Daphne could use to describe the next few days of her life in the castle. For one thing, Atticus hadn't fully 'recovered' from his imaginary illness. He had sent Sirona and Jonah running about the palace looking for her, and when she couldn't be found, Maisie.

In the end, not only was Daphne hiding from Atticus and his fellow goons, she had dragged Maisie along with her as well to prevent her closest confidant from being bribed over to the dark side.

"You can't avoid His Majesty forever," Maisie chided. "Maybe it's time to sit down and talk it through."

Sweet innocent Maisie. She still thought that the reason why Daphne was avoiding Atticus was because of the aphrodisiac incident. While she wasn't exactly wrong, that wasn't the only reason. There were multiple emotions jostling for center stage in her heart.