[Lavinia's POV]
It's been more than ten days since I almost got kidnapped.
I say "almost" because Papa made sure that "almost" is as close as anyone will ever get to touching me without being turned into ash. Literally.
Since then, many things have changed.
For starters, I now have my own personal knight—Sir Ravick. He's always around me like a tall, grumpy statue with a sword, even when I'm just trying to sneak a second dessert. Not only that, but Papa added even more knights to trail behind me like shadows.
They try to hide in the shadows like they're secret agents, but I always see them peeking behind curtains or pretending to be flowerpots. One of them even sneezed when I was playing hide-and-seek.
He sneezed so loud that my heart went thump-dump-thump.
