The Duke laughed in response, as did some of the others. When the laughter died down, Lucianne asked more seriously, “Did either of you feel me when I entered?”

Christian’s smile faltered a little when he said, “Unfortunately, we could, my Queen. Not that we knew it’s you per se but we knew that there was someone in our link with us. The feeling is similar to being watched. You came in when I was talking about the wine, did you, my Queen?”

Lucianne’s eyebrows raised in surprise as she said, “No, I entered before that, when you and Annie were talking about how much to tip the delivery guy...