Chapter99:

Kit awoke alone late the next morning, surprised that her mother hadn’t sent for her, though she wasn’t too startled to realize Eli had left her. There was a note on her nightstand thanking her for a night unlike any he had ever imagined and promising to see her soon. She hoped he had not been summoned. When her ladies entered to get her ready for the day, they assured her he had not and that they’d seen him with the other Representatives not long ago. It was past the midday meal when scar face showed up at her chamber door again. Kit was dressed regally in a lavender gown, the closest to royal purple her mother would allow, her hair piled atop her head, her largest crown secured in place. When he announced the queen would see her, she didn’t blink only headed out into the hallway with her shoulders back and her chin held high. Galter and another guard, Sil, walked alongside her, and Kit felt confident that whatever came out of her mouth, she would find a way to appease the queen witho