The mansion halls felt unnervingly quiet as I made my way to Prince Theodore's study. Quiet in that "don't say anything or the walls might gossip" way.
It didn't help that my shoes were making an obnoxious clack, clack with every step. Was this hallway longer than the last time I was here? Or was I imagining things?
Why did he summon me, of all people? Isla and I had been in the middle of a matured conversation and funny enough I wasn't the one giving the lessons! But then the maid arrived.
The way she delivered Theodore's message, stiff, polite, like she was trying not to laugh, was enough to put me on edge. It's hard to not worry as I made my way up the stairs.
I stopped outside the study and took a deep breath.
[He probably just wants to ask about Isla… or gloat. Definitely gloat!]