"The palace felt nothing like before." Ana looked around with a forlorn look as they entered the duke's manor.
The warm and simple designs chosen by Ana had been replaced by fancy, expensive and too glittering designs. The whole place reek of wealth and power.
And the close presence of the new staff was not making it any better. They did not have a single person they could rely on.
Networks and loyal staff were more important than hands and feet for nobles. Now they did not even know if the staff would mix poison in their food when they were not paying attention.
"Not a single person of the old staff remained?" her voice dimmed as she asked more to herself then Garry. Lucas had already told them that he had killed all the previous staff because they could not find who had mixed poison in the duchess food.
Garry looked away. His chest tightening thinking about the number of innocent people who died because of him.
