A Guard For Eleanor [3]

A sigh escaped Eleanor's lips, shattering the tense silence between the three of them.

"My lady?"

"Lady Gwendolyn?"

Tina and Asher exchanged glances before turning their eyes toward Eleanor, but she had already stopped paying attention to them. She was too exhausted from the constant string of unexpected developments interfering with her carefully laid-out plans.

"Start the carriage, please," Eleanor commanded in a calm voice, addressing the coachman waiting outside.

"But, my lady—?" Tina started, but Eleanor shook her head firmly.

Tina had been determined to confirm the legitimacy of the man before them, but Eleanor's sudden order threw her off balance. However, she recovered quickly, her instincts kicking in. She immediately shifted her stance, watching Asher—the so-called knight assigned by Alger Gwendolyn to be Eleanor's escort—like a hawk.