Looking at the Monster

"Klaus ... Are you coming back?!" she recognized his hasty handwriting. The message was short, as were all messages by carrier pigeons.

"When did this come? How did you get this?"

"Princess, I have many contacts at the castle. That message cost me some money, as it would go directly to the Duke's hand," Charlotte crossed her arms, taking a deep breath. "Well, the First Prince must have found a way to escape, and he tried to send a message, probably from our fortified port further west, Lubon."

Alexa had already been in Lubon when Duke Konrad went to pick her up, in her unsuccessful attempt to go to England. Klaus had gone to get her, too!

  If he was so close, it was even possible he was arriving, or even already in Kielstadt.

"He needs to know where I am!" it was the only plausible thought at the time.