What A Rogue!
Alec could hear the commotion outside from a distance as the first prince was approaching their rooms, likely going past the long way around to exit the palace when there was a much quicker and more direct route.
According to the servants, this wasn't an unusual occurrence.
The prince had always taken this route, almost as if he was delighting in annoying Ophelia whenever he went past, and it was the break that Alec had been waiting for to make contact with the first prince.
According to the Cookie Sect's information, Alistair passed by using the same route every time he went out of the palace, and from what Alec had observed from the first prince's schedule, it was true.
Alistair indeed had a rather predictable schedule that he stuck to every day, which was why he had twice the amount of hidden guards compared to the rest of the royal descendants. Or so it was claimed.