It was days before the red-headed woman left. Days before the prince called Lily back in for a feeding.
She wore the dress he’d sent, but steeled her heart for the journey. You are nothing to him, she reminded herself. Just as Leon had said. You’re no different than the others.
She held her calm demeanor—her emotionless expression as the prince opened his chamber door and welcomed her in. Immediately, he seemed to find her mood strange. He took a seat on the edge of his bed and watched her with a peculiar cock to his brow.
"I heard you aren’t getting along with the other consorts," he said. "Has something happened?"
Lily shrugged her shoulders. She hadn’t much to say so she fiddled with her fingers and muttered, "I’m not really one of them, though. Am I?’
"I suppose not," the prince admitted. He seemed to itch in the silence. Very quickly, he grew frustrated and stood. "What is it?"
"Nothing," Lily said with another shrug.