98 Glaring Resemblance

"SHOULD WE stop them, Sentinel?" Luna asked nervously. "Is it going to be a problem if Lady Nystrom finds out that Duke Nystrom is the Black Serpent?"

"Yes," Sentinel said. "The only people who are not supposed to know the truth are the duke and the duchess. Not now, at least. If they suddenly retrieved the memories of their past when the two of them aren't ready yet, they might lose their sanity. Worse, they might start going after each other's throat. That's why they can't awaken at the same time."

Right now, they were watching Lady Nystrom and Captain Sherwood from the balcony of the second floor. Normal humans wouldn't be able to hear the two's conversation from where they stood. But because they had extraordinary senses, they could hear them just fine.

Most of all, they could hide their presence so the two wouldn't notice them from their spot even if they didn't use a spell that would turn them invisible.