Chapter 15

I set out to find Becca throughout the palace as soon as lunch was finished and we were allowed to loiter. I didn’t like how Jasper looked at me at the time. It was as if he knew I had purposefully spilled the wine on his sister, so imagine my distraught when she and Jasper didn’t show up for the luncheon. I feared he was torturing Becca for information so he could expose me. Everything will be ruined. I’d be ruined. I didn’t come all the way here to fail.

I asked Clifford for assistance, and he dispatched the servants under him to find the two.

I went to the garden to relax and take in some fresh air. I need to find Becca and make sure she won’t talk and—

When I heard laughter from somewhere in the garden, I perked up. I paid close attention and was certain it was Becca and someone else. It was coming from a dense hedge maze ahead. I did not move from my seat and waited for someone to come out of the maze.

“Oh, Your Royal Highness,” my lady-in-waiting exclaimed in surprise when she s