Chapter Twenty - Adriana Gervais - 19 yrs old

George finally seemed to tear himself from their argument and leave her in her apartment. He left threatening, if she disappeared again, he’d lock her in her apartment until she was needed. George didn’t look like he was jesting about any of it, and that was disturbing to Ana, unlike anything else he could say.

Her nanny and tutors always threatened to go to her mother or the emperor when they had an issue with her behaviour. Not George though, he expected to deal with her and fix her behaviour himself.

Now Ana didn’t know what she would do about this. She still wasn’t sure she even needed him to guard her. After all, she was nothing like her sisters. She could handle herself and knew more than enough to protect herself.

There was a lot more than just knowing that you used the pointy end of a sword on your opponent. She’d spent years now studying everything she could about defending herself and others.

She did this because she n