Every village has a secret, whether or not that was a secret path or not but they all had one. Rhys understood this very well since he would spend a lot of time in such places. Secret paths used to escape just in case anything happened. The people living in the Empire are smart, they understood how life was in the Empire. Wars could happen at anytime.
His thoughts broke off when he realized that Lyn had return to the bedroom. He quickly followed her inside and watched as she pulled out a baby blue coloured dress from the wardrobe.
Rhys frowned. "The meal aside, I thought we would go to sleep after this."
"I have some business to attend to."
"A ball this late?"
"You know fickle nobles are." She trailed off. "Rhys would you help me? I cant reach the zip."
