Chapter 12 : Never Look Back

Ayda's POV

I shouldn't have come here.

I had no business getting tangled in the affairs of nobles.

I knew that now; I just hoped that the Goddess wouldn't punish me for my naivety.

"Geh, geh, geh!" For the second time in a little over a week, I was packing all of my belongings away with the thought of never coming back to Castle Lykaia. Gus was already freshly bathed and dressed, and I tucked my breast back into my shirt. "Neh!"

"I know, dearest," I put on his knit cap, making sure it covered his sensitive ears. He looked like an overstuffed marshmallow in his babe-sized pea coat Maud had gifted him. Like a tiny round professor off to teach at his college seminars. He was beyond adorable! "It's time to say goodbye."

"Weh!"

"Yes, the trip back will be long, but then we'll see Giselle and all the other women at the salon again. And, we've missed them all terribly now, haven't we, my little prince?"

"Neh!" Gus threw his teddy bear to the floor, cle