“Alright, be careful.”

Avril nodded before sneaking out on her toes, but she bumped into somebody as soon as she got out.

 
 

“What are you doing here, Levant?”

Levant looked at Avril before shifting his focus to the courtyard. “I could ask you the same.”

Avril’s heart was beating so fast that she could almost hear it. If Levant goes in, he’s bound to discover that Stephen is hiding somebody inside. Then, they’ll both be in trouble.

 

Sighing, Avril then raised her voice purposely, “The Wicked Palace is my home! Wherever I go here is none of your business, Levant!”

 

She deliberately shouted Levant’s name louder so that the two inside could hear it.

“You don’t usually talk like this. Is there a reason why you’re shouting?” Levant got suspicious of Avril’s unusual behavior.

 

“I don’t need a reason to shout! I’ll shout whenever I feel like it!” replied Avril with an even louder voice. If the two didn’t hear me before, they should now.

shifted his focus away from Avril and started walking into

 

his tea in the

asked Levant after scanning

Stephen

“About what?”

between Murphy and me,” Stephen answered calmly before taking a

the Duke suspiciously and wondered why

“That’s it?”

 

with a

from Stephen, so he scanned every inch of the room with his sharp eyes. Something’s not right

“Search the room!”

“Yes, sir!”

as he watched

left Stephen alone. Just then, Evan crawled down from

better get out

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