Adrianna’s Pov

Adrianna’s Pov

The man hiding beside the door was one of the castle guards. I had seen him a lot of times with Eric. Eric mentioned once he was the guard his mother assigned to him privately. That meant he was to go with Eric wherever he went even to places no one else was allowed.

Even though I did my best not to look at him to avoid outing his presence to Edmund, I couldn’t hide how baffled I was, my brows knitting like one trying to solve a riddle no one had given her a clue to.

Eric was out on an emergency, late night meeting...