CHAPTER 47. Preparations

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  “Are you sure you are alright, princess?” Rodrick asked as I was going through a stack of documents.

  “Don’t bother asking Rodrick, she is too focused to respond to our questions at the moment.” Gideon said, sounding as though he was teasing me.

  “I’m perfectly fine.” I said, not bothering to look up at them but from the corner of my eyes I could see Gideon shrugging.

  A week has passed since my debutante party and since the assassination attempt. The guests from faraway have all returned to their respective kingdoms, excluding the few people from the Eastern and Western Kingdom who remained at the palace to serve Isaiah and Cassian. When I had found out that Augustus’ parents did not send anyone to serve him, I decided to see if any of my staff members would help out but even then, Augustus had simply sent them away.