After Ashley was finished with her breakfast, she stayed inside her room for an hour, hesitating if she would go out or not. In the end, she chose to go out. Maybe Ramier wouldn't get angry at her for going out of her room right? Moreover, her destination was the Rose Garden which was inside the palace's premise.
She mustered up her courage and went out the door. She remembered the path she took to the garden a few days ago and followed it. As she passed through the halls, the servants would look at her with observing eyes and would turn their heads elsewhere whenever she glanced back at them. They wanted to see who the source of sudden controversies in the whole palace was. Different rumours about her, which she was completely unaware of, floated among the servants.
