Chapter 121

• A set of uniforms and food were left by their doors when Lucas checked in the morning. Anna sleepily got ready in her own and pulled her hair up into a high pony tail on her head. It was just a thick dress that went to her ankles and an apron. Absolutely hideous, but warm enough and that was all that really mattered to her.
• He didn’t say much to her as they ate—or when he left to find where he was to be dressed in a grey button down and trousers. Anna followed the small map on her letter and felt goosebumps line her arms. This place gave her the creeps. It was all gray and felt hollow. She passed people but they paid no mind to her as if she was just a part of the wall decor. She was used to that back in the palace, but it felt strange here. In the daylight, she could see all the imperfections she missed when they first came.
• Cracks along the floors and walls, she wondered when the last time Enzo had seen this place. Did he know it looked like this? Or was there not much for him to do about that? She found it hard to believe he wouldn’t want to at least put a little more care in the place he ruled over.