CONFESSION

"I HAVE TO go now."

Eclaire knitted her eyebrows. "Where are you going at this hour?"

"The Crown Prince summoned the people who are going to join the subjugation," Rekker explained. "Graham will also attend the meeting."

She knitted her eyebrows. "Why didn't Nathaniel summon me?"

"The Crown Prince asked me to tell you that he'll talk to you later," her brother said. "I think Prince Nathaniel realized what happened to Father, so he only asked one of us to join the meeting."

She was a bit surprised to hear that. "I thought Father's condition is a secret."

"It is, but the Crown Prince is perceptive," he explained. "Since both of us left the academy in a hurry, I'm sure he already figured out that something happened in our family. I hate to admit this, but I'm already pretty certain that the Crown Prince planted a mole in our house."

She blinked when she realized how casual Rekker was. "Is that normal?"