What?!

I finally managed to track down Marcy by pretending to get lost on my way to visit Mariela about a week later, ending up in the servants' quarters. I didn't look like a princess in my baby blue sweater and white skirt embroidered with a simple flower on the hem and my hair down but by this point people knew my face.

"Princess Catherine, what are you doing here?" A kitchen worker I vaguely recognized dared to ask while giving me a deep curtsy.

I pretended to act sheepish. "I got lost. I'm afraid I'm still getting used to the palace since I spent most of my time in the same general area."

"I'll escort her back," Marcy said firmly, appearing behind me. What luck! Just who I wanted to see.

"Thanks, Marcy!" I said cheerfully.

We rounded the corner before I pulled her into what appeared to be an empty storage closet of some sort while no one was looking and walked her to the very back where no one could hear us through the door even if they tried.